Design Quotes - Page 26

• The very design of the gospel doth tend to self-abasing; and the work of grace is begun and carried on in humiliation. Humility is not a mere ornament of a Christian, but an essential part of the new creature: it is a contradiction to be a sanctified man, or a true Christian, and not humble.

  Richard Baxter

  Christian, Humble, Humility

  Richard Baxter (1838). “The Practical Works of Richard Baxter: With a Preface, Giving Some Account of the Author, and of this Edition of His Practical Works; an Essay on His Genius, Works and Times; and a Portrait : in Four Volumes”, p.405

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• I mean, I think about it, but I don't design my record to get a certain public response.

  Liz Phair

  Mean, Thinking, Records

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• I first decided architecture was for me when I saw Le Corbusier's designs in a Japanese magazine in the 1930s.

  Kenzo Tange

  Magazines, Saws, Firsts

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• Architects today tend to depreciate themselves, to regard themselves as no more than just ordinary citizens without the power to reform the future.

  Kenzo Tange

  Today, Ordinary, Reform

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• In order to design buildings with a sensuous connection to life, one must think in a way that goes far beyond form and construction.

  Peter Zumthor

  Thinking, Order, Connections

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• It is not possible to design always the same. How to be different in each different place - that is the most important work and duty of the architect to find out.

  Jean Nouvel

  Important, Different, Architect

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• And then, build a bustling wonderful city of the 21st century, with a restoration of a spectacular skyline, which Manhattan, of course, needs. So, that is really the design as a whole.

  Daniel Libeskind

  Cities, Needs, Restoration

  "CNN Saturday" with Carol Lin, www.cnn.com. February 8, 2003.

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• It is God's design to use reluctant servants to usher in glory.

  Dan B. Allender

  Religion, Use, Glory

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• I believe it is no wrong Observation, that Persons of Genius, and those who are most capable of Art, are always fond of Nature, as such are chiefly sensible, that all Art consists in the Imitation and Study of Nature. On the contrary, People of the common Level of Understanding are principally delighted with the Little Niceties and Fantastical Operations of Art, and constantly think that finest which is least Natural.

  Alexander Pope

  Art, Believe, Thinking

  Alexander Pope, William Roscoe (1824). “The Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: With Notes and Illustrations by Himself and Others. To which are Added, a New Life of the Author, an Estimate of His Poetical Character and Writings, and Occasional Remarks,”, p.397

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• Bridges would not be safer if only people who knew the proper definition of a real number were allowed to design them.

  H. L. Mencken

  Real, Math, Bridges

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• By skimping on design, the owner gets costlier equipment, higher energy costs, and a less competitive and comfortable building; the tenants get lower productivity and higher rent and operating costs.

  Amory Lovins

  Cost, Energy, Building

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• Switch off the mind and let the heart decide who you were meant to be Flick to remote and let the body glide There is no enemy! Etch out a future of your own design Well tailored to your needs Then fan the flame and keep the dream alive ... ...the future is roses! Roses!

  Thomas Dolby

  Dream, Future, Heart

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• Once you understand this way, you will be able to make your room alive; you will be able to design a house together with your family; a garden for your children; places where you can work; beautiful terraces where you can sit and dream.

  Christopher Alexander

  Beautiful, Dream, Children

  Christopher Alexander (1979). “The Timeless Way of Building”, p.7, New York : Oxford University Press

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• ...Dealing with these sexual disorders, you ask 'what is it supposed to look like?' 'what's the norm?' The norm is the heterosexual design of the body

  Scott Lively

  Gay, Body, Looks

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• To err is human, but to really screw things up requires a design committee of bureaucrats.

  Henry Spencer

  Politics, Committees, Screws

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• Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on Simplicity.

  Plato

  Beauty, Inspirational Life, Simple

  Plato (2012). “The Republic and Other Works”, p.89, Anchor

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• We are reviewing our experience to enable us to respond to the cultural challenge: to help countries, communities and individuals interpret universal principles, translate them into culturally sensitive terms and design programmes based on them, programmes that people can really feel are their own.

  Thoraya Obaid

  Country, People, Community

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• In his garden every man may be his own artist without apology or explanation. Each within his green enclosure is a creator, and no two shall reach the same conclusion; nor shall we, any more than other creative workers, be ever wholly satisfied with our accomplishment. Ever a season ahead of us floats the vision of perfection and herein lies its perennial charm.

  Louise Wilder

  Art, Lying, Apology

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• When you play it too safe, you're taking the biggest risk of your life. Time is the only wealth we're given.

  Barbara Sher

  Time, Play, Risk

  Barbara Sher (2010). “I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was: How to Discover What You Really Want and How to Get It”, p.47, Dell

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• The best designs of all are organic, evolving from the subtleties of the ground they inhabit.

  Tom Doak

  Golf, Evolve, Subtlety

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• In a democracy only will the freeman of nature design to dwell.

  Plato

  Military, Democracy, Freeman

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• Engineers use knowledge primarily to design, produce, and operate artifacts. ... Scientists, by contrast, use knowledge primarily to generate more knowledge.

  Walter Guido Vincenti

  Knowledge, Science, Engineering

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• When confronted with the order and beauty of the universe and the strange coincidences of nature, it's very tempting to take the leap of faith from science into religion. I am sure many physicists want to. I only wish they would admit it.

  Tony Rothman

  Science, Order, Wish

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• Because I am untrained I approach my designs in an unconstrained way and I feel a freedom in this. It is unconventional but it means outcomes are not limited by traditional boundaries.

  Trelise Cooper

  Fashion, Mean, Unconventional

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• Contentment: The smother of invention.

  Ethel Mumford

  Contentment, Invention

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