895 Design Quotes for You to Enjoy

The design of the Mac wasn't what it looked like, although that was part of it. Primarily, it was how it worked. To design something really well, you have to get it. You have to really grok what it's all about. It takes a passionate commitment to really thoroughly understand something, chew it up, not just quickly swallow it. Steve Jobs

You Commitment Design Mac Thoroughly About Something Part Takes Primarily Like Looked Well Although Understand How Passionate Chew Up Quickly Get Just Swallow Worked Really

Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from thought - asleep. When we are weary of the living, we may repair to the dead, who have nothing of peevishness, pride, or design in their conversation. William Butler Yeats

Rule of law, access to justice, and financial transparency happen by design, not accident. Winnie Byanyima

Justice Financial Law Accident Design Rule Rule Of Law Access Happen Transparency

I would be most content if my children grew up to be the kind of people who think decorating consists mostly of building enough bookshelves. Anna Quindlen

People Building Design Think Enough Consists Kind Would Would-Be Most Mostly Content Up Children Grew Decorating Who

A designer is only as good as the star who wears her clothes. Edith Head

Good Clothes Design Wears Only Who Star Her Designer

Everyone designs who devises courses of action aimed at changing existing situations into preferred ones. Herbert A. Simon

Action Design Changing Everyone Courses Existing Situations Preferred Who Designs

A camel is a horse designed by committee. Alec Issigonis

Design Horse Camel Committee Designed

Every step and every movement of the multitude, even in what are termed enlightened ages, are made with equal blindness to the future; and nations stumble upon establishments, which are indeed the result of human action, but not the execution of any human design. Adam Ferguson

Future Result Made Stumble Action Design Every Every Step Indeed Step Termed Equal Execution Blindness Any Human Nations Movement Establishments Which Ages Even Multitude Enlightened

There's no one person that can provide all the insights I need to run the business. There are so many aspects to WeWork: Digital, real estate, operations, space, and design. I pick and choose people who can help in each aspect. Adam Neumann

Business People Real Estate Space Digital Design Run Insights No-One Pick Pick And Choose Operations Real Provide Person Estate Aspect Aspects Choose Help Who Many Each Need

There is a saying in entrepreneurship that your early employees are all commandos. Commandos are people who can do almost everything well: emails, strategy, code, design. Adeo Ressi

Saying People Employees Strategy Design Everything Emails Entrepreneurship Almost Almost Everything Well Your Who Code Early

I would like to mention that I have flown the 262 first in May '43. At this time, the aircraft was completely secret. I first knew of the existence of this aircraft only early in '42 - even in my position. This aircraft didn't have any priority in design or production. Adolf Galland

Time First Design Secret Aircraft Would Only Mention Knew Like Priority Existence Any May Production Even Early Flown Position

I have the same sense of discovery and exhilaration from objects of design and everyday use - I am inspired by the buildings in my city, by park greenery and dazzling store windows, by the jaunty strollers and umbrellas and billboards I walk past. Just strolling our streets, we encounter creativity every single day. Agnes Gund

Day Creativity Walk Single Past Sense Design Every Everyday Our City Windows Objects Park Inspired Dazzling Single Day Buildings Am Exhilaration Encounter Discovery Same Just Store Use Billboards Streets Every Single Day

I see the Beijing National Stadium as an architectural project. I accepted Herzog and De Meuron's invitation to collaborate on the design, and our proposal won the competition. From beginning to end, I stayed with the project. I am committed to fostering relationships between a city and its architecture. Ai Weiwei

Architecture Competition National Beginning Design Relationships Our Collaborate Project City See Stayed Architectural Proposal Between Invitation Accepted Am End Won Committed Stadium Beijing Fostering

Bottom line: government shouldn't be a bottleneck for entrepreneurs looking to design a better mousetrap. Ajit Pai

Government Better Looking Design Entrepreneurs Bottom Bottom Line Line Mousetrap

I was one of the more talented ones at the design firm I joined, so I conducted my work pretty shrewdly. Except I wasn't a morning person, so I was quite frequently late for work. On top of that, it was a fairly big company, they were fussy about the dress code, and I got chewed out quite often. Akira Toriyama

Work Morning Big Design Late Top Fussy Out Dress Pretty About More Joined Except Morning Person Firm Talented Fairly Frequently Got Big Company Were Chewed Person Quite Often Company Code

There's a fundamental problem with how the software business does things. We're asking people who are masters of hard-edged technology to design the soft, human side of software as well. As a result, they make products that are really cool - if you happen to be a software engineer. Alan Cooper

You Technology Business People Problem Result Engineer Design Software Side Well Make Masters Does How Human Happen Asking Really Products Who Cool Fundamental Things Soft

Design is not so much a design issue as a power struggle. Alan Cooper

Struggle Power Design Issue Much

If we want users to like our software, we should design it to behave like a likeable person. Alan Cooper

Design Software Our Like Likeable Person Behave Want Should Users

Many, many times I find that whatever is looking good on the screen doesn't always look or feel good on the body. So who do we design for - do we design for the screen, or do we design for women? Alber Elbaz

Good Feel Good Women Looking Whatever Design Find Feel Look Looking Good Always Times Screen Body Who Many

'Commercial' is not the word that has to be said only by CEOs. It has to be something that is maybe the essence of design, because design has some sort of art in it and creation, but it's also some object that you have to use. There is also this pragmatic end to it. Alber Elbaz

I was always really geeky about design and buildings. Always into architecture as a kid. Aldis Hodge

Architecture Design Kid Geeky About Buildings Always Really

I've always known I wanted to be in design somehow. It was going to be architecture, but I would've had to quit acting for it. I realized with horology, I could learn at my own pace. Aldis Hodge

Architecture Own Design Somehow My Own Could Had Learn Known Always Quit Going Wanted Pace Realized Acting

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