Quotes About Aesthetics

Good dressing is largely a question of detail and accessories.

A large number of us have developed a feeling that architects tend to design houses for the approval of fellow architects and critics, not for the tenants.

There's no reason for unhappiness if you're living with nice design.

Design is defined by light and shade, and appropriate lighting is enormously important.

When I paint I do a different thing than when I design. But both involve aesthetics, both involve thought, both involve planning.

Clutter and confusion are failures of design, not attributes of information.

The word design is everything and nothing. The design and the product itself are inseparable.

If our field is "to advance", we must - without displacing creativity and aesthetics - make sure our terminology is clear.

Remember, color is not just color, but mood, temperature and structure.

Why can't we have those curves and arches that express feeling in design? What is wrong with them? Why has everything got to be vertical, straight, unbending, only at right angles - and functional?

We never could design a building as beautiful as the trees.

I'm drawn to furniture design as complete architecture on a minor scale.

People who don't like Comic Sans don't know anything about design.

Design always has a purpose, art has no purpose. That's really the difference between them. Do I think one is better than the other? Absolutely not. I think they both fulfill functions.

The ultimate design is little different from the natural world.

It is most necessary to avoid rusticity in any way, whether in material, design, or execution.

Design is everything.

Architecture is basically the design of interiors, the art of organizing interior space.

Too many bright colors make for congestion. Too many bright colors need, above all, contrast in value, to eliminate vibration.

The easiest approach to any strong color is to use a lot of it, thus unifying a room. However, beware of too many strong colors unless you happen to like living on a battlefield.

Since the design of the movement is paramount, shape, for me, should have no significance.

Really great products, like @nest, have #design baked in from the beginning instead of slapped on at the end.

There must be a judicious arrangement of all the parts. Considered conversely, the artist's task is to fill his panel with a design that conforms to its shape and is beautiful in itself.

The absence of clutter is just a clutter-free product. That's not simple.