Quotes on Design

Impression is not enough. Design, style, technique - these, too, are not enough. Art must reach further than impression or self-revelation .

Designing renders visible our hopes and dreams. It is the first signal of human intentions.

Intelligent design is a philosophy of ignorance.

Our guiding principle was that design is neither an intellectual nor a material affair, but simply an integral part of the stuff of life, necessary for everyone in a civilized society.

Good design emphasises the usefulness of a product whilst disregarding anything that could possibly detract from it.

I never see one woman when I design, it's always a universe of women

Design should not dominate things, should not dominate people. It should help people. That's its role.

Design is all about learning from doing, that’s how we evolve to the best solution.

I went to my boss, and I said, 'Look, I'd like to design these ties because I think they could be new.' He said, 'The world isn't ready for Ralph Lauren.' I never forgot that because... I thought that was a compliment.

Design cannot precede evolution and therefore cannot underlie the universe.

When a man's home is born out of his heart and developed through his labor and perfected through his sense of beauty, it is the very cornerstone of life.

Wherever you are, design your life. Live the values of your generation.

No design is possible until the materials with which you design are completely understood

Complexity is one of the great problems in environmental design.

Freemasonry is a moral order, instituted by virtuous men, with the praiseworthy design of recalling to our remembrance the most sublime truths, in the midst of the most innocent and social pleasures, founded on liberality, brotherly love and charity.

The soul is often in the surface, and the importance of 'depth' is overestimated.

I have solved what color is, however ; I still have no idea about what line is.

To give emphasis only to beauty makes me think of a mathematics that deals with positive numbers only.

Beauty is the brilliance of truth.

Innovation comes ultimately from a diversity of perspectives. So when you combine ideas from different industries or different cultures, that's when you have the best sense of developing groundbreaking ideas.

Where focus goes, energy flows. And if you don't take the time to focus on what matters, then you're living a life of someone else's design.