Quotes & anectdotes from the wise, the foolish, the courageous & the drunk

design

The artist in me cries out for design. 50 wisdom & wit from Robert Frost

I did not direct my life. I didn't design it. I never made decisions. Things always came up and made them for me. That's what life is. 7 quotes from B. F. Skinner

A purpose, an intention, a design, strikes everywhere even the careless, the most stupid thinker. 16 other thoughts from David Hume

I have a secret thought from some things I have observed, that God may perhaps design you for some singular service in the world. 4 wisdom & wit from David Brainerd

I don't particularly follow the Bauhaus school of design, where you make everything into a black box - simplify it. 22 other thoughts from James Dyson

Britain's great strength is its innovative, design and engineering natural ability and we're not using it. 22 thoughts from James Dyson

I don't design down to a price. 22 views from James Dyson

Design and technology should be the subject where mathematical brainboxes and science whizzkids turn their bright ideas into useful products. 22 quotes from James Dyson

A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. 17 other sayings from Antoine de Saint-Exupery

In architecture the idea degenerated. Design allows a more direct and pleasurable route. 5 sayings from Charles Eames

Design is a plan for arranging elements in such a way as best to accomplish a particular purpose. 5 other wisdom & wit from Charles Eames

Recognizing the need is the primary condition for design. 5 quotes from Charles Eames

The details are not the details. They make the design. 5 quotes from Charles Eames

If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with the conscious design of doing me good, I should run for my life. 117 more sayings from Henry David Thoreau

In just six weeks from the time the design was started, we had the motor on the block testing its power. 2 quotes from Orville Wright

Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance. 63 more quotes from Samuel Johnson

I was very interested in theatre, mostly in stage design. I did a little bit of acting. 4 sayings from Jim Henson

A person should design the way he makes a living around how he wishes to make a life. 2 sayings from Charlie Byrd

Delay always breeds danger and to protract a great design is often to ruin it. 21 quotes from Miguel de Cervantes

Color does not add a pleasant quality to design - it reinforces it. 2 more sayings from Pierre Bonnard

But, alas! what poor Woman is ever taught that she should have a higher Design than to get her a Husband? 7 other quotes from Mary Astell

God is His own Design and End, and that there is no other Worthy of Him. 7 more quotes from Mary Astell

You can design and create, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it takes people to make the dream a reality. 23 more quotes from Walt Disney

Graphic design is the paradise of individuality, eccentricity, heresy, abnormality, hobbies and humors. 46 quotes from George Santayana

The computer can't tell you the emotional story. It can give you the exact mathematical design, but what's missing is the eyebrows. 12 more quotes from Frank Zappa

Luck is the residue of design. 2 views from Branch Rickey

I like the body. I like to design everything to do with the body. 5 more thoughts from Gianni Versace

Good buildings come from good people, ad all problems are solved by good design. 13 more views from Stephen Gardiner

The garden, by design, is concerned with both the interior and the land beyond the garden. 13 quotes from Stephen Gardiner

Design is not making beauty, beauty emerges from selection, affinities, integration, love. 3 sayings from Louis Kahn

Sometimes I can't figure designers out. It's as if they flunked human anatomy. 33 more views from Erma Bombeck

Design must reflect the practical and aesthetic in business but above all... good design must primarily serve people. 6 quotes from Thomas J. Watson

Good design is good business. 6 thoughts from Thomas J. Watson

The primary factor is proportions. 4 other quotes from Arne Jacobsen

Ultimately we may still ask, why can't humans design a perfect society? 3 thoughts from Robert Shea