Design Quotes

There are two kinds of designers: ones who are very happy locked in their office surrounded by their coterie. The last thing they need to do is to go to a trunk show; they'd go running for the hills. I not only enjoy it, I think, how do you design things that are applicable to life - unless you live it?

I approve designs not because I think I am more gifted or somebody who can see ahead three or four years from now, but just to make sure that the design is a logical, rational decision, taken after analyzing pros and cons.

When I come to a design decision, people know that is that.

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.

For me, if I can design beautiful things that have the price be lower, I am thrilled.

The industry's changed so much that you can't just design something, put on a great show, and say, 'Okay, my job is done.'

I used to design for my body, which was flat-chested with big hips. That's why my clothes were tight on top with full skirts.

After working with clothes for so long, it seemed right to design them.

I'm not a size 0, and I'm nowhere close to it. But, I don't want anyone to know what I am so I like to design clothes so you don't know what's going on under there.

I can't design anything unless I'm excited by it, meaning I have an urge to wear it.

I was a cartoonist when I was at university, but I decided to go into movie making knowing that I could still draw by doing movies, design work, story boards, and such.

All those lessons that I've learned on the court, I have applied them to my life outside of the court in business, my company, called V Starr interiors, an interior design company, and EleVen, which I wear on court.

My style is kind of eclectic and I don't like to do the same thing over and over again. I like to have fun and explore myself so you won't see the same design.

I've generally got a good eye for design and proportion.

We used to be referred to as bakers and then we became known as cake decorators and now we are known as cake designers. I teach at the French Culinary Institute in New York and cake design is a legitimate profession.

Perhaps I'd like to design cars, but I don't think I'd be much good at it.

I love design.

I like to think that the Internet and file sharing, if utilized properly and embraced, and I emphasize properly, is a high-powered marketing design.

I don't act, I don't direct, I don't design.

I'm a total control freak and love to participate in the design of every single aspect of life.