429 private quotes tagged design

“Being in the design industry, I've tended to meet more people who are affected by HIV and AIDS.” — Douglas Wilson

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“The Final Jeopardy! questions seem to be, by design, things you can't know. And so it's not about who knows them, but who can figure them out in thirty seconds.” — Ken Jennings

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“At our company, our Design and Construction Consulting Service Team not only helps eliminate the risks inherent in the construction process, they typically save our clients 5% - 10% on overall construction costs. They also help make sure projects come in on time.” — Roger Staubach

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“It was always my goal to 'up the ante' on good design and rye devoted much of my career to this.” — Michael Graves

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“Beautiful Evidence is about the theory and practice of analytical design.” — Edward Tufte

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“I do believe that there are some universal cognitive tasks that are deep and profound - indeed, so deep and profound that it is worthwhile to understand them in order to design our displays in accord with those tasks.” — Edward Tufte

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“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

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“Longhorns are unique - each and every one of them is a different color with a different design.” — Janine Turner

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“I design my shots. I walk the rehearsal as the camera and say 'this is where I want to be... I want this look.” — Debbie Allen

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“There is no reason to design buildings that are more basic and rectilinear, because with concrete you can cover almost any space.” — Oscar Niemeyer

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“I discovered at an early age that all I've ever wanted to do is design.” — Jonathan Ive

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“Perhaps I'd like to design cars, but I don't think I'd be much good at it.” — Jonathan Ive

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“If you're talking to an architect, he can look at a blank piece of paper, and once the initial design is there, the formula kicks in. Each room should have something unique and different about it - much the same way that in a song, every eight bars or so, a new piece of information should be introduced.” — Ryan Tedder

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“It was something I was more interested in myself. When I went to see my sister dance at ballet, I was really into costumes and the arts, and my family was also supportive of whatever me and my sister wanted to do. I would say I pushed myself the most to be into design.” — Christian Siriano

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“So I went for engineering, specifically product design, which I enjoyed.” — Debi Thomas

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“When I started this project, I was a young architect. I was very apprehensive about any changes to the design. Whether I wanted to or not, I learned that you can accept some changes to its form without compromising its intent. But it's a leap of faith that I didn't want to make initially - to put it mildly.” — Michael Arad

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“For two years nobody talked about anything other than the name arrangement. There was no fund-raising and no progress being made on construction and design.” — Michael Arad

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“How do you design it so that people can form a space of their own, and feel quiet and contemplative?” — Michael Arad

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“I really appreciate artists of the 20th century, and I can see a lot of their influence on my work, but to suggest that my design only fits within an 'ism' kind of bothers me.” — Michael Arad

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“I used to design for my body, which was flat-chested with big hips. That's why my clothes were tight on top with full skirts.” — Betsey Johnson

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“We have no general conceptual thrust for the band, other than trying to make music that keeps our interest. When things are novel, they are probably things we have discovered by accident or investigation rather than by design.” — Steve Albini

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“Initially, it was the unpractical in fashion that brought me to design my own line. I felt that it was much more attractive to cut clothes with respect for the living, three-dimensional body rather than to cover the body with decorative ideas.” — Jil Sander

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“I think there is always a need for pure design. With pure design, you don't need so much decoration.” — Jil Sander

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“It may sound ambitious, but I really hope that modern design will spread all around the globe.” — Jil Sander

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“I had been impressed by the fact that biological systems were based on molecular machines and that we were learning to design and build these sorts of things.” — K. Eric Drexler

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