Designer Quotes - Page 21

• When I was in pre-production for Trees Lounge, I was hearing the cinematographer talking with the production designer about colours and this and that and feeling like I was losing control.

  Steve Buscemi

  Losing Control, Talking, Tree

  Interview with Adrian Wootton, www.theguardian.com. July 16, 2001.

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• There are divisions between a culinary chef and a dessert chef, also called a pastry chef. There are specializations within the pastry chef field. Some pastry chefs specialize in baking breads, while others are master cake designers. Each field requires an exceptional level of creativity and attention to detail.

  Ron Ben-Israel

  Creativity, Cake, Details

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• I loved watching so many of the great designers I've worked with do what they do. That's why I'm still loyal to the designers that I've known since I was 16.

  Naomi Campbell

  Loyal, Stills, Known

  Interview with Tony Shafrazi, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 20, 2010.

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• When I started out modeling, there weren’t casting directors and there weren’t stylists, so you just dealt directly with the designer. We were all much closer back then...

  Naomi Campbell

  Directors, Stylist, Casting

  Interview Magazine Intreview, www.interviewmagazine.com. August 12, 2013.

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• When I was little, my parents really only wanted me to be a scientist or a doctor; they had never even heard of law school. I think even these days if you were to tell your mother you want to be a fashion designer, or an artist or a writer, a lot of Asian parents would be alarmed because they don't think that's a secure career.

  Amy Chua

  Mother, Fashion, School

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• So-called designer bags are useless, and most are also ugly, faddish and overpriced. Pared down and sleek is always best.

  Joan Collins

  Bags, Useless, Ugly

  "Joan Collins: Wardrobe secrets for timeless glamour - whatever your age" by Joan Collins, www.dailymail.co.uk. March 01, 2010.

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• I was so fortunate to work closely with the designer Nolan Miller whilst on 'Dynasty' to create the wardrobe for Alexis Carrington Colby, and we had great fun sourcing outfits.

  Joan Collins

  Fun, Dynasty, Outfits

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• I'm a fiend for costume jewellery and have countless pairs of rhinestone or diamante earrings, which are so flattering when they catch the light. I love the designers Alexis Bittar and Kenneth Jay Lane, and I always go to jewellers Butler & Wilson.

  Joan Collins

  Light, Pairs, Costumes

  "It was a show-stopping photo - Joan Collins still every inch the glamourpuss. But, she says, it ain't easy to look agelessly fab". www.dailymail.co.uk. December 11, 2013.

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• I love wearing designer pieces with something I found at Target.

  Lauren Conrad

  Target, Pieces, Found

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• I'm a writer slash designer slash TV personality.

  Lauren Conrad

  Personality, Tvs

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• As a designer, you are flattered to see anyone in one of your designs, whether it's on a red carpet or passing by you in the market. It's this wonderful little high every time.

  Lauren Conrad

  Passing By, Design, Littles

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• There are so many designers that I love, and I'm so lucky that I get to work with so many of them and sometimes spend time with them.

  Penelope Cruz

  Lucky, Sometimes, Spend Time

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• Design can never be an ultimate explanation for anything. It can only be a proximate explanation. A plane or a car is explained by a designer but that's because the designer himself, the engineer, is explained by natural selection.

  Richard Dawkins

  Car, Design, Natural

  "The atheist". Interview with Gordy Slack, www.salon.com. April 30, 2005.

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• Far too few designers put any thought into usability, ending up with a great product that's completely inaccessible.

  James Dyson

  Usability, Inaccessible, Products

  "Sir James Dyson: My 'Apple Moment'" by James Dyson, www.wired.com. October 6, 2011.

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• I want entrepreneurs to be engineers and scientists and designers; they don't necessarily have to be Internet entrepreneurs or retail entrepreneurs.

  James Dyson

  Entrepreneur, Retail, Want

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• I've always cared about fashion and what I look like. I don't like to spend a lot of money on designer clothes, but I do like to look good.

  Zac Efron

  Fashion, Designer Clothes, Looks

  "Zac on dating & dancing". Interview, www.seventeen.com. November 22, 2006.

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• Right now I'd say my favorite fashion designer is Zac Posen.

  Allyson Felix

  Fashion, My Favorite, Right Now

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• Writers now are putting total faith in designers at Apple and Amazon. It's almost like a race-car driver having no input into how cars are designed.

  Jonathan Safran Foer

  Race, Apples, Car

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• Fashion Week is so important for designers.

  Diane von Furstenberg

  Fashion, Important, Week

  "NYFW: Diane von Furstenberg on Getting Serious About Serenity". Interview with Jennifer Hirshlag, www.elle.com. September 8, 2013.

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• As the president of the Council of Fashion Designers of America, I represent the designers. And while we can by no means take the blame for eating disorders, we can play our part in addressing this important issue.

  Diane von Furstenberg

  Fashion, Mean, Play

  "Fat is a fashionable issue" by Jess Cartner-Morley, www.theguardian.com. January 27, 2007.

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• We need to encourage designers and agencies to be responsible. We need to make sure everyone is sensitive to the issues. But to calculate the girls' body mass - I personally think it is demeaning.

  Diane von Furstenberg

  Girl, Thinking, Agency

  "Fat is a fashionable issue" by Jess Cartner-Morley, www.theguardian.com. January 27, 2007.

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• Under Thatcher, who ruled us with an iron rod, great art was made. Amazing designers and musicians. Acid house was born. Very colourful and progressive.

  Noel Gallagher

  Art, Iron, House

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• You see me, I wanted to be fashion designer. I became fashion designer. So I think that everything is possible.

  Jean Paul Gaultier

  Fashion, Thinking, Wanted

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• I would like to design what people generally call streetwear. I'd like to dress skateboarders, or whatever the older equivalent of skateboarders are. I pay more attention to that stuff than anyone would ever imagine because I'm watching what the designers do.

  William Gibson

  People, Design, Pay

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• I love designer stuff but like it will only be like, on a whim. I love Alexander Wang so much, but it's expensive.

  Ellie Goulding

  Stuff, Whim, Expensive

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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