“Our guiding principle was that design is neither an intellectual nor a material affair, but simply an integral part of the stuff of life, necessary for everyone in a civilized society.”
— Walter Gropius
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“Graphic design is the paradise of individuality, eccentricity, heresy, abnormality, hobbies and humors.”
— George Santayana
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“I come from a different era and I design clothes for our era. I think of people I want to dress when I design.”
— Alexander McQueen
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“Throughout the country, I see the same design problems and solutions over and over.”
— Douglas Wilson
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“As an architect, I learned to think and express myself on flat forms, on paper, and to imagine the contour of the lines of a design.”
— Gianfranco Ferre
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“Technology is making design more exciting, with color, wallpaper, textures, fabrics that could never have been created without the technology.”
— David Bromstad
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“Designs of purely arbitrary nature cannot be expected to last long.”
— Kenzo Tange
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“I learn my lines while on the golf course. I try to do two or three things at once. I have ideas for books all the time, I have ideas for paintings all the time, and I write them all down. I take my sketchpad and my iPad, which I design on, and I do sit down and do specific tasks at specific times.”
— Jane Seymour
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“If a course needs to be in great condition to be played effectively, then the design strategy is flawed.”
— Tom Watson
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“People kind of tend to mystify design and architecture by suggesting you need to train.”
— Marc Newson
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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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