Quotes About Functionality

To a programmer, an operating system is defined by its API.

If you want your appliance to work right, it's a good idea to install the batteries correctly with the plus signs facing the right way.

Interchangeable parts don't, leakproof seals aren't, and self-starters won't.

Obviously anything that accessorizes or enhances the iPhone is always pretty cool.

A house is a machine for living in. Baths, sun, hot-water, cold-water, warmth at will, conservation of food, hygiene, beauty in the sense of good proportion. An armchair is a machine for sitting in and so on. Our

We are not interested in design statements. We do everything we can to simplify design.

Most people make the mistake of thinking design is what it looks like,

Is the mask working?" she asked me. "How can I tell?" "If you can breath, then it's working.

The design of each element should be thought out in order to be easy to make and easy to repair.

CONDITION 1: The district, and indeed as many of its internal parts as possible, must serve more than one primary function; preferably more than two. These must insure the presence of people who go outdoors on different schedules and are in the place for different purposes, but who are able to use many facilities in common.

I believe designers should eliminate the unnecessary. That means eliminating everything that is modish because this kind of thing is only short-lived.

I believe in keeping running simple and, in regard to shoes, that would mean no gimmicks, unnecessary cushioning, etc.

We'll always romanticize the past. We did not have this great, glorious era where everything was bipartisan and everything worked, but there was room for bipartisanship. And there was room for government to be more functional. The country itself was forced by all the upheaval of the '90s to take sides, to chose one or the other.

Urban planning and design are helping us to shift from a car-centric system to a bike-centric one by making bicycles and bicycle infrastructure superior in functionality and attractiveness.

It is not an individual act, architecture. You have to consider your client. Only out of that can you produce great architecture. You cannot work in the abstract

Rolexes never lose value, so I started getting a couple of them. I like them. Not only do they look good but they work very well.

The system doesn't have to be pure, but it does have to work.

When I make my work, I am making what I hope to be something functional - a space for individual contemplation and reflection. I want my art to be useful.

Look at nature - look at birds, look at fish. Things that look good, work good. People don't get the message of ergonomics.

A building is no good if someone's got to explain to you why it's good. You can't say you don't know enough about architecture - that's ridiculous. It's got to work on many levels.

What's the simplest thing that could possibly work?

I use men's skis because, honestly, they work better for me. They're longer, they're stiffer, they're harder to turn - but at the same time, they're much more stable.

Attractive things work better When you wash and wax a car, it drives better, doesn't it? Or at least feels like it does.

We should work for simple, good, undecorated things