Top 481 Design Quotes

As a woman, I'm expected to want everything to be nice and to be nice myself. A very English thing. I don't design nice buildings - I don't like them. I like architecture to have some raw, vital, earthy quality.

Zaha Hadid

People say I design architectural icons. If I design a building and it becomes an icon, that's ok.

People say I design architectural icons. If I design a building and it becomes an icon, that's ok.

Zaha Hadid

When I design a building, I'm making sure you and I can get to the front door, there's enough of a threshold for entry, and that the rooms are in a logical sequence.

When I design a building, I'm making sure you and I can get to the front door, there's enough of a threshold for entry, and that the rooms are in a logical sequence.

Michael Graves

Sometimes living in a room that's badly designed isn't the worst thing in the world. Trust me - this is a fact! Living in a room that has no design whatsoever is even worse. I've learned this from my many clients over the years that have moved into new houses and just can't figure out where to begin.

Candice Olson

I love cities, I spend most of my life talking about cities. And the design of cities does have an effect on your life. You're lucky if you can see trees out of your window and you have a square nearby, or a bar, a cornershop, a surgery. Then you're living well.

Richard Rogers

The Final Jeopardy! questions seem to be, by design, things you can't know. And so it's not about who knows them, but who can figure them out in thirty seconds.

The Final Jeopardy! questions seem to be, by design, things you can't know. And so it's not about who knows them, but who can figure them out in thirty seconds.

Ken Jennings

I really liked the design of Batman. I liked the concept. There's a lot more you can do with Batman than most other superheroes.

I really liked the design of Batman. I liked the concept. There's a lot more you can do with Batman than most other superheroes.

Chip Kidd

Architects design houses. I live in a home.

Architects design houses. I live in a home.

Peter Eisenman

In architecture the idea degenerated. Design allows a more direct and pleasurable route.

In architecture the idea degenerated. Design allows a more direct and pleasurable route.

Charles Eames

To whom does design address itself: to the greatest number, to the specialist of an enlightened matter, to a privileged social class? Design addresses itself to the need.

To whom does design address itself: to the greatest number, to the specialist of an enlightened matter, to a privileged social class? Design addresses itself to the need.

Charles Eames

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