Top 11 Quotes & Sayings by Terence Conran

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an English designer Terence Conran.

Last updated on December 3, 2024.

Sir Terence Orby Conran was an English designer, restaurateur, retailer and writer. He founded the Design Museum in Shad Thames, London in 1989 The British designer Thomas Heatherwick said that Conran "moved Britain forward to make it an influence around the world." Edward Barber, from the British design team Barber & Osgerby, described Conran as "the most passionate man in Britain when it comes to design, and his central idea has always been 'Design is there to improve your life.'" The satirist Craig Brown once joked that before Conran "there were no chairs and no France."

English - Designer | Born: October 4, 1931

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If our homes should provide anything, they should provide a sense of who we are and how we got here, a sense of connection balanced by a sense of direction and progress.

Terence Conran

The living room should be a place where we feel totally at ease - temple of the soul.

Terence Conran

Arguably the only goods people need these days are food and happiness.

Terence Conran

When you struggle hard and lose money, you're a hero. When you start making money you become a capitalist swine.

Terence Conran

Furniture and food are ways that people define their attitude toward life. They'll buy better stuff if it's offered to them.

Terence Conran

Hanging onto a bad buy will not redeem the purchase.

Terence Conran

Home is the heart of life Home is where we feel at ease, where we belong, where we can create surroundings that reflect our tastes and pleasures Making a home is a form of creativity open to everyone.

Terence Conran

Good design is probably 98% common sense. Above all, an object must function well and efficiently-and getting that part right requires a good deal of time and attention.

Terence Conran

The designer's job is to imagine the world not how it is, but how it should be.

Terence Conran

I've never met a truly creative person who was happy and satisfied with life.

Terence Conran

People whose talents are not exploited become disenchanted and disruptive.

Terence Conran