Top 1200 Quotes & Sayings by Famous Designers - Page 17

A designer is like a doctor for a woman. He has a specific job, and if he is doing it well, he will have the gratitude of the woman for the rest of his life.

I run a design studio in New York. Every seven years, I close it for one year to pursue some little experiments, things that are always difficult to accomplish during the regular working year. In that year, we are not available for any of our clients. We are totally closed. And as you can imagine, it is a lovely and very energetic time.

I mean, you can't walk down the aisle in Westminster Abbey in a strapless dress, it just won't happen - it has to suit the grandeur of that aisle, it's enormous.

I started to work with cotton fabrics. I used cotton because it's easy to work with, to wash, to take care of, to wear if it's warm or cold. It's great. That was the start.

When you're young, you're fearless and more creative, more of an outsider.

Usually, as designers, you try to create meaning.

Design is the method of putting form and content together. Design, just as art, has multiple definitions; there is no single definition. Design can be art. Design can be aesthetics. Design is so simple, that's why it is so complicated.

Fashion is very important. It is life-enhancing and, like everything that gives pleasure, it is worth doing well.

You're not working with models, you're working with real women who have, like, anatomy. Models do not have anatomy.

I am still in love with couture because it is just two months from drawing pad to runway so everything on the catwalk is hot from the oven.

When I was designing, I had in mind Jimi Hendrix, and I could hardly find skinny indie black kids to wear my clothes. I remember one telling me he had to swap his skinny jeans for baggy ones in the subway before going home, so he wouldn't get in trouble in his neighborhood.

I never learned all the things you're not supposed to do; I just do what makes the most sense.

We're so known for our party dresses and evening looks, I wanted to focus on what the Alice + Olivia woman is going to wear tomorrow, during the day and on the weekend, in ways that are sort of fun and sexy.

We're not used to seeing any videogames character express sentiments like fear, uncertainty or remorse.

Polo has always had an old-fashioned, aristocratic English feel.

Sometimes I get very dressed up just to go to the corner for some bread; I dress for my own amusement.

I'm a believer in fate and in fulfilling your destiny. I've always had a kind of inner voice that I have learned to listen to.

At the end of the day, you can't compete with Mother Nature. If you've got a great tomato, just a pinch of sea salt is all you need.

The qualities I most admire in women are confidence and kindness.

We have to replace beauty, which is a cultural concept, with goodness, which is a humanist concept.

The It Bag is a totally marketed bullshit crap. You make a bag, you put all the components in it that you think could work, you send it out to a couple of celebrities, you get the paparazzi to shoot just when they walk out of their house. You sell that to the cheap tabloids, and you say in a magazine that there's a waiting list. And you run an ad campaign at the same time. I don't believe that's how you make something that's lasting - that becomes iconic as a design.

My shoes are special shoes for discerning feet.

Be thankful for all successes, lose your ego, take risks, fail fast, and if you don't absolutely love what you do, run!

I worked in a boutique after work, my second job, selling women's clothes. And that was a way of not just making money but meeting women. That was very exciting job. I loved that job.

There is no attitude required. The hat brings the attitude. And when people try on a hat they like, it is a bit of fun. It makes them laugh. You don't laugh when you put on a pair of shoes, but you do with a hat.

For me, I am still very happy to be able to do stage design as it's an opportunity to express the extreme.

I was preppy, then suddenly switched around age 14. I asked my mother to go to this vintage store, and she let me buy a leopard swing coat, pink cigarette pants, and lime-green gloves.

I couldn't have asked for a better testimonial than Bob Dylan parting with his own cash for a pair of my shoes.

I simply adore getting dressed up for a special occasion. I feel incredible stepping out in luxurious fabrics and a bit of bling. That's also how I feel about special-occasion dining rooms. Because these aren't everyday spaces, they contain all sorts of drama for that once-in-a-while 'wow' event.

I can understand how some women want to marry a rich man. They may be happy for the rest of their lives, but they will never be free.

Between two products equal in price, function and quality, the better looking will outsell the other.

I'm sure some people haven't necessarily embraced some of the messages over the years. We've been talking about the inappropriateness of automatic weapons and guns since the late Eighties. I know we've lost some customers over the years, and in some ways, secured others.

Simplicity is not the absence of clutter, that's a consequence of simplicity. Simplicity is somehow essentially describing the purpose and place of an object and product. The absence of clutter is just a clutter-free product. That's not simple.

I think the '70s are always inspiring to me. I was born then, so I have a lot of memories about how my parents were and what kinds of movies I was watching.

When it comes to wardrobe essentials, a man should have a well-fitted suit that he can wear to work or a wedding.

To me, beauty is inclusion - every size, every color - that's the world I live in.

I had felt for some time that audience involvement with a film should begin with its first frame.

Most of my friends all tend to work in restaurants part time, doing acting classes on the side.

In the office, I actually act quite demented the whole day. Like Monty Python. That's my favorite kind of humor. My assistants sometimes ask me to leave.

My biggest satisfaction is always when I make something beautiful and well-done that I can see on a real man or woman - not only in the glossy magazines.

High heels are pleasure with pain.

Positive health means becoming whole-heartedly engaged with our own health care. It means not outsourcing our health to the health care system. It means getting rid of the fear and paralysis we too often feel, and instead cultivating a sense of agency.

It's quite a pure relationship, designer and muse. I think a beautiful dress on the wrong woman could mean nothing. It has to be the right woman and the right clothes. That's why you need that personal touch.

I think an important approach for designers to take is to have a very - not singular but focused point of view.

We have never considered our brand superior or inferior to any other one, and we have never spoken about our work in comparison to anyone else's. We are ourselves; we have never had the presumption to please everyone, but we believe in the utmost liberty to express oneself.

A man in Tom Ford will develop a nice, long relationship with the brand. Ford is very smart about positioning his product. He's a name that is going to remain huge.

I know what women look good in. I don't think the rules ever change.

I try to be a positive person, but I'm also always looking and wondering, 'Maybe this could be done differently.' As soon as your mind is in a critical mode, you're halfway through designing; as soon as you start thinking about whether something could be better, you're already halfway through a solution.

What's great about games in particular is that it's a socially acceptable way for adults to imagine.

I've seen a few lookalikes, and that kind of freaks me out, but then I'm not the first person on the planet to have tattoos, and I'm not the first person to have hair or a tattoo sleeve.

The more relaxed you can get, the better you'll do.

For swimsuits, a halter top with thick straps works wonders. It supports bigger busts, and the ruching gives fullness if you're smaller.

Videogames are indeed design: They're sophisticated virtual machines that echo the mechanical systems inside cars.

I take random inspiration from everywhere.

I'd really love to work with virtual reality at some point. You could make a killer adventure game with that.

Beauty of mind creates freedom. Freedom of mind creates beauty.

The new game that I'm working on will be called 'FNAF World.' It will not be a horror game, but a role playing game where you create a party using the huge selection of characters from the 'FNaF' games, including the classic, withered, toy, phantom, and nightmare versions.

I just like easy clothes - comfort.

My relationship with fashion is playful and very expressive of what I'm feeling at the time.

If a wig is funny when it's two feet tall, why not make it three feet tall? Or ten?