Design Quotes

The legislator should keep two things constantly before his eyes: 1. The pure theory developed to its minutest details; 2. The particular condition of actual things which he designs to reform.

I believe God created the world for a purpose. The Designer of intelligent design is, ultimately, the Christian God.

I warn you against believing that advertising is a science.

I always choose strong, direct backlighting that creates patterns of intricate abstract shadows. These shadows become strong design elements that lie across and touch other objects in the set up.

When in doubt, use Caslon.

To trace in Nature's most minute design The signature and stamp of power divine. ... The Invisible in things scarce seen revealed, To whom an atom is an ample field.

Actions rare and sudden do commonly proceed from fierce necessity, of else from some oblique design, which is ashamed to show itself in the public road.

A pattern is either right or wrong...it is no stronger than its weakest point.

Laying out grounds may be considered a liberal art, in some sort like poetry and painting.

I love clothing, and I would eventually like to design as well as act.

Girly’ products can spur Japan’s growth in this century every bit as much as, if not more than, the ‘manly’ technologies.

Interior design is a business of trust.

It's hard to read through a book on the principles of magic without glancing at the cover periodically to make sure it isn't a book on software design.

I'm into designing houses and interior design. I like change. I like creating things out of nothing.

I love graphic design. I love working with design, and I love storytelling, so I've been working on a children's book for a while, and I'd like to see that through.

In sound design programs now, you can literally sculpt the sound on visual graphs. Sometimes the visual programs are even more interesting than the music that's making them

Although men flatter themselves with their great actions, they are not so often the result of a great design as of chance.

Predictability and great design are not friends.

Above all, John Galliano menswear is all about good design. And men have been short-changed by good design for too long.

My overall artistic goal is to marry graphic design with comic books and traditional storytelling.

The painter of genius will not waste a moment upon those smaller objects which only serve to catch the sense, to divide the attention, and to counteract his great design of speaking to the heart.

Sound and sound design has always been very important to my approach to film, because it is a more subversive and allusive aspect of the medium.

Great design should tell a story.

Fashion is everything. Art, music, furniture design, graphic design, hair, makeup, architecture, the way cars look - all those things go together to make a moment in time, and that's what excites me.

I graduated from school for graphic design, and I started to get into acting class just to get over severe fright. I was an extremely shy person. I could barely say hello to anybody.

I always want to design a frame that’s open to everyone. I don’t see art as a secret code.

We know that nature is described by the best of all possible mathematics because God created it.

While most people can talk rationally about kernel design and portability, the issue of free-ness is 100% emotional.

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

Art brings out the grand lines of nature.

Design is the beauty of turning constraints into advantages.

You can never let your data dictate design. If you do, you end up following what people currently do and never innovating.

Kids are taking PCs and the Internet to new heights. They're the ones that are designing the cutting-edge web sites.

The best of life is the exercise of ingenuity-in design, in finance, in flying, in business.

Repetition is the death of magic.

Art and design are not luxuries, nor somehow incompatible with science and engineering.

Decide today to design and build the ideal relationship in your life. It's up to you.

God always gave us light in our doubts, when we had no other design but to please Him.

If you are demanding registration before checkout, you need to cease this practice immediately. It is costing you a fortune.

Take the time and do some small thing that will be noticed and remembered. Choose your objects carefully, and buy only what you love.

Decorating is like math, a game of adding and subtracting.

... our objects, bibelots, whatnots, and knickknacks-say the most about who we are. They are as honest as a diary.

I haven't even had a life I could call my own, and you're ready to slot me into the grand design. Well, I don't think I want to go. I want to be my own design.

Stargate by far is the top of the pile when it comes to Sci-Fi. The quality is great. They have really good writers, production design, lighting, wardrobe.

I try to look at design from a more conceptual standpoint.

Art has definitely influenced how I think of design, both as individual items and as a body of work.

Everything we design and make is an improvisation, a lash-up, something inept and provisional.

The visual image is a kind of tripwire for the emotions.

The design should make the product speak to you.

The best kind of design isn't necessarily an object, a space, or a structure: it's a process- dynamic and adaptable.