Designer Quotes - Page 31

• When I look at designer books I am sometimes puzzled why they don't share their inspiration, when it's obvious somebody had such great inspiration.

  Anna Sui

  Book, Inspiration, Looks

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• Every poor designer can go with things that are popular at the moment.

  Oleg Cassini

  Moments, Poor

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• The designer shouldn't think of a simple dichotomy between errors and correct behavior; rather, the entire interaction should be treated as a cooperative endeavor between person and machine, one in which misconceptions can arise on either side.

  Donald A. Norman

  Simple, Thinking, Errors

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• A challenge to the designers of the world: Make signs unnecessary.

  Donald A. Norman

  Design, Challenges, World

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• There is no better designer then nature

  Alexander McQueen

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• I have never met a designer who was retained to keep things the same as they were

  George Nelson

  Mets

  George Nelson (1979). “George Nelson on design”

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• Business people don't need to understand designers better. They need to be designers.

  Roger Martin

  People, Needs

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• There are very few designers in Hollywood today who know how to really flatter a woman's body, and Mark Zunino is at the top of my list.

  Joan Collins

  Hollywood, Body, Today

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• As a designer I like to work with fabrics that don't bleed. That's why I avoid all animal skins.

  Stella McCartney

  Animal, Skins, Fabric

  "Stella shares her animal-friendly message", www.elle.com. July 2, 2012.

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• I'm a designer, I love it, and I haven't worked this hard to do bad work.

  Genevieve Gorder

  Havens, Hard

  "Genevieve Gorder trades places in 'Town Haul'". Interview with Jay Bobbin, poststar.com. January 21, 2005.

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• If you want to live a meaningfully better life, you're going to have to make the dangerous choice to dissent. A life lived meaningfully isn't denominated by digital friends, designer logos, or wads of paper notes. It's denominated by what you've lived, what it's worth to you, and what that's worth to humanity.

  Umair Haque

  Choices, Humanity, Paper

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• Many people believe that great designers get great clients. It's the other way around.

  Seth Godin

  Believe, People, Way

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• A designer is someone who constructs while he thinks, someone for whom planning and making go together.

  John Maeda

  Thinking, Together, Planning

  Twitter post from Jun 14, 2016

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• We designers have been working to stimulate people's souls and minds.

  Naoto Fukasawa

  People, Soul, Mind

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• I wanted to be a set designer when I was young.

  Judi Dench

  Young, Wanted

  "Judi Dench: 'I never want to stop working'" by Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. October 13, 2012.

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• A script is utterly useless in and of itself; it's only of any worth the minute your actors, your designers, your directors come into being.

  Peter Mullan

  Directors, Actors, Useless

  Guardian interview at the BFI, www.theguardian.com. November 4, 2003.

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• I am very sad that some designers are still using real fur when the fake alternatives are so effective and so easily obtainable.

  Twiggy

  Real, Fake, Alternatives

  "Twiggy slams designers for using 'intolerably cruel' fur in London Fashion Week collections". www.dailymail.co.uk. February 24, 2010.

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• It is no longer acceptable to ignore the suffering, and designers must take responsibility for the way that their fur is produced.

  Twiggy

  Responsibility, Suffering, Fur

  "Twiggy slams designers for using 'intolerably cruel' fur in London Fashion Week collections". www.dailymail.co.uk. February 24, 2010.

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• I'm an Air force Brat and I've lived all over the world and this country and there were people in my community who were gay - nurses, hairdressers, designers - people who just had a different way about themselves.

  Pam Grier

  Country, Gay, Air

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• I have always felt my role as a designer is to do the very best I can for a woman to make her look her best. Fashion is only fashion once a woman puts it on.

  Oscar de la Renta

  Fashion, Roles, Looks

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• I think to be empathetic is the greatest gift you can have as a designer. Hopefully, people will look at me and say, 'He really loved women.'

  Michael Kors

  Thinking, People, Looks

  "Michael Kors: American Idol" by Elisa Lipsky-Karasz, www.harpersbazaar.com. June 29, 2011.

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• As a person, I am still very middle class. People don’t realise these things. Most of the black suits that I wear are the same. All the designer clothes I have are actually from my films. I don’t dream of Rolls Royce and things like that… People are kind enough to me to give me the nicest things in life, but it doesn’t mean that I’m used to them.

  Shahrukh Khan

  Dream, Mean, Class

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• Designers can show us a better future, can present us with all kinds of new possibilities so that we can decide: Is this what we want? Before any of that can happen, though, the designer must first commit—by taking what is just a faint glimmer in the mind’s eye and giving it shape and life.

  Warren Berger

  Eye, Giving, Mind

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• On average, when you ask someone to perform a task on a site, they cannot do it. It's not their fault; it's the designer's fault.

  Jakob Nielsen

  Average, Tasks, Faults

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• The country's top chefs, designers, media personalities and businesses are part of this dynamic city. We know that Chicagoans are used to the highest standards.

  Ivanka Trump

  Country, Media, Cities

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