Designer Quotes - Page 13

• No one is calling any of these designers racist. The act itself is racist. There were more black models working in the Seventies than there are in 2013. This a time when silence is not acceptable at all. If the conversation cannot be had publicly in our industry, then there is something inherently wrong.

  Iman Abdulmajid

  Silence, Black, Racist

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• I'm gonna be the first hip-hop designer and because of that, I'm gonna be bigger than Walmart.

  Kanye West

  Hip Hop, Firsts, Hips

  "Kanye gets revenge on Nike with Adidas deal". Page Six Interview, pagesix.com. November 28, 2013.

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• Being one of the angels is one of the few jobs that can totally change someone's life. For example, clients and designers who would have never given you a second look, now sit up and take notice.

  Candice Swanepoel

  Jobs, Angel, Example

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• My favorite designers are, Chloe, D&G, Christian Louboutin and Marc Jacobs. I change my style from day to day, so I have many favorites.

  Candice Swanepoel

  Christian, Style, Louboutins

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I said that Mrs Obama has been extremely supportive of American designers, but clearly we were disappointed that she chose to wear a British designer for the state dinner...From there, I was so embarrassed that I am definitely going to write to her. She has been super supportive to American designers.

  Diane von Furstenberg

  Writing, Supportive, Dinner

  "Diane von Furstenberg ‘So Embarrassed’ By Michelle Obama State Dinner Dress Flap". www.huffingtonpost.com. February 20, 2011.

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• I feel best in soft and natural materials such as cotton and silk. I wear collections from all designers. They all have outstanding cuts and extremely pleasant materials.

  Laetitia Casta

  Cutting, Cotton, Natural

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• I love to design. I am a commercial fashion designer. I always design jackets with two sleeves. I don't design jackets with three sleeves, or the layers and layers come off like little dolls from Russia. Fashion for me is a creative endeavor, but it is not art for me.

  Tom Ford

  Fashion, Art, Two

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• I am a perfectionist. This job is a total ego thing in a way. To be a designer and say, 'This is the way they should dress; this is the way their homes should look; this is the way the world should be.' But then, that's the goal: world domination through style.

  Tom Ford

  Jobs, Home, Goal

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• As a designer, design director or any creative person, you have to hire great people, support them and make them feel comfortable so they can contribute and give you their best.

  Tom Ford

  People, Giving, Creative

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• When I read about young designers selling 51 percent of their company to someone else, I cringe. I want to say, 'Don't do it - call me first.'

  Tom Ford

  Want, Firsts, Selling

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• People who espouse Intelligent Design believe nature is so complex as to require an intelligent designer-God. Similarly, liberals believe the economy is so complex as to require an intelligent designer-government.

  Michael Shermer

  Believe, Intelligent, Government

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• I deliberately look for colorful people. They're very right for theatre. Theatre has to be theatrical. If you can get color into the accountant, you've got something. Write the whole thing first and then say he's an accountant. That's a very wacky accountant, but so what? Theatricality feeds and challenges the actor, the director, and the designers.

  Lanford Wilson

  Writing, Color, People

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• With stores like Topshop and H&M you can find really great stuff, but I do like designer things as well, and I'm lucky because they approach me to wear their stuff. I really love Miu Miu.

  Saoirse Ronan

  Topshop, Lucky, Stuff

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• It's my job to know what's available from every retailer, catalog, website, antiques mall, and craftsperson. A good designer or decorator has to have an almost encyclopedic knowledge.

  Nate Berkus

  Jobs, Antiques, Malls

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• First and foremost, I'm a decorator and product designer. Everything I do, the television shows, the books, that comes from the design work. It's what I love.

  Nate Berkus

  Book, Design Work, Television

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• Twitter is a place where you share your thoughts, yourself... you don't want a plain white backdrop for that. You want the entire page to say something about who you are. Designer or not, if the urge strikes you, go for it. Put up that watercolor you've never shown anyone. Take a photo of that hat you just knitted... whatever it is, share it.

  Nate Berkus

  White, Want, Pages

  "Oprah's Designer Nate Berkus Tackles Twitter Backgrounds". Interview with Christina Warren, mashable.com. January 25, 2010.

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• The human body has been called the microcosm of the universe, a little world of wonders and a monument of divine wisdom and power, sufficient to convince the most incredulous mind of the existence of the Great Designer.

  A. B. Simpson

  Divine Wisdom, Mind, World

  A. B. Simpson (2009). “Wholly Sanctified: Living a Life Empowered by the Holy Spirit”, p.43, Moody Publishers

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• If you are able to see on a monitor what it's actually going to look like and have that kind of feedback informing your decisions, then you're bringing back a lot of the decision-making process of the designer, the director of photography and the director away from the post-production process and bringing it back into the actual capturing of the event on film.

  Rick Heinrichs

  Photography, Decision, Directors

  Source: collider.com

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• In a lot of cases, you think that the art director and the production designer designed and built this amazing set, when in fact they only built part of it and were able to extend it using all of this fabulous technology.

  Rick Heinrichs

  Art, Technology, Thinking

  Source: collider.com

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• The real tough thing is working with actors. I'm a designer and used to working with artists, so there is some familiarity with the personalities that come up, but actors are their own animal.

  Rick Heinrichs

  Real, Artist, Animal

  Source: collider.com

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• We needed to have a great set decorator, a great D.P., a great costume designer, everybody. Without all these people, we would have made a shitty movie.

  Vincent Paronnaud

  People, Costumes, Made

  Source: collider.com

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• Be able to take any job that gives you experience on a film. Don't just think that you have to be in one department or the other, because through working on one and seeing what other people do in the movie makes you realize what your role is if you become a costume designer.

  Colleen Atwood

  Jobs, Thinking, People

  Source: collider.com

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• The hiring of Phil Messina, the production designer, was a big decision. He's so gifted, and his ideas were always so smart and rooted in American history and architecture. Nothing feels like it's not us, or couldn't be us, and I think that's very important.

  Nina Jacobson

  Smart, Thinking, Ideas

  "Producer Nina Jacobson Talks THE HUNGER GAMES, Sequels, the Violence, and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. March 12, 2012.

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• If users are not doing what the designer intended (when users are investing time, effort, etc in your product), the designer may be asking them to do too much.

  Nir Eyal

  Effort, Asking, Investing

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• When designers intentionally trick users into inviting friends or blasting a message to their social networks, they may see some initial growth, but it comes at the expense of users' goodwill and trust. When people discover they've been duped, they vent their frustration and stop using the product.

  Nir Eyal

  Frustration, People, Growth

  Nir Eyal (2014). “Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products”, p.31, Penguin

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