Top 1200 Quotes & Sayings by Famous Designers - Page 3

The worst times can be the best if you think with positive energy.

The spirit of celebration and togetherness is a great source of inspiration.

When my, British-Church of England mother married my, Canadian-Jewish Father, the deal was that she would embrace Judaism, but wouldn't give up her Christmas tree. So, I grew up with Christmas every year. I loved it then and I love it now.

In the past, people were born royal. Nowadays, royalty comes from what you do.

You can have anything you want in life if you dress for it.

You can make people feel valued or cared for by design alone. It's not purely about money. It's about how we choose to value human experience.

I am my own cheerleader. I am the one who puts my goals, who pushes myself to get to the next goal. I don't have someone next to me saying, 'Here you go, now do this, it's your next step, go for it.'

I don't do nostalgia. The phrase 'the good old days' never passes my lips.

I like to have cookies in the morning before I go swimming.

I like to be playful; I want people to look at what I do and smile.

The American automobile has changed the habits of every member of modern society.

They say that the best furniture and clothing design from the '50s and '60s is Scandinavian or Milanese.

The dark side of social media is that, within seconds, anything can be blown out of proportion and taken out of context. And it's very difficult not to get swept up in it all.

Design is a way of life, a point of view. It involves the whole complex of visual communications: talent, creative ability, manual skill, and technical knowledge. Aesthetics and economics, technology and psychology are intrinsically related to the process.

I love history... everything is inspired by history, so that's why I love vintage and antiques.

The older I get, and the more collections I do, the more I'm driven by real style and beauty. My aim is to reveal and not to display women.

Be well dressed, behave like a gentleman, and keep your shoes shined.

Good things are associated with blue, like clear days, more than singing the blues. Just the word 'blue' in the singular is full of optimism and positive connotation to most people.

My idea is to bring happiness, respect, vision, poetry, surrealism and magic [to design].

I always go to the Cannes Film Festival and it's just such a glamorous time.

Decoration is really about creating a quality of life, and a beauty in that life that nourishes the soul, that makes life beautiful.

I love the scent of jasmine, honeysuckle, and orange blossom. They remind me of gardens and visits to the ocean I would make as a boy.

Everything looks cute when it's small.

My philosophy is this: Do not tamper with the anatomy of a woman's body; do not camouflage it.

My mother has always encouraged me to do what I love. When I started being interested in fashion, she was very supportive, bringing me to see exhibits and buying me books. And when I started my company, she was right there to help me!

I hate that impeccable, perfectly perfect look, all matched and prearranged.

Polo is about the aspirational lifestyle of the sporty person, on and off the field.

Driving race cars was an avenue for me to learn how to build my own car, and that was my ambition all along.

I'm always trying to turn things upside down and see if they look any better.

I don't want to be too 'classic' because it's not in the DNA of Gucci. You need to be a little bit provocative.

Aerodynamics are for people who can't build engines.

So, to really execute design in its highest form and making people feel joy, that's a great reward.

The thing that all sports have in common is that they have no fantasy elements, which is a little weird.

I always like a woman in power in politics. I think they're pretty inspirational in terms of looks to begin with. It's very calculated.

I know what women want. They want to be beautiful.

When I design something, I think of it as a gift to somebody else.

As the saying goes, type is a beautiful group of letters, not a group of beautiful letters.

Life is full of challenges and surprises.

Women want to wear what they do because of what goes on in their heads. Their size and shape have practically nothing to do with it.

A great designer does not seek acceptance. He challenges popularity, and by the force of his convictions renders popular in the end what the public hates at first sight.

The fundamental idea of design is to make the world a better place.

Sneakers are a new era. Anyone can feel new with a new pair of shoes. They make you feel contemporary. It's fun because I'm not a young designer, and it opens my brain. Hip-hop isn't just for the U.S. Everyone loves it.

Financially I'm comfortable. But life has a lot more in store for me.

I am not trendy. I am not 'in fashion.' I am simply a positive human being who has a positive outlook on life.

You can make jeans and a t-shirt super stylish. It's what you make of it, you know?

Anyone can wear any color. The question is about finding the right shade. There is a momentary trend to dark colors because when the financials are not that great, people go for black, navy and grey.

I love food - all kinds of food, and I feel like I am never full. Sushi is my favorite if I had to pick.

Everyone loves to fly, and flying underwater is even better than flying in air because there are things around you.

The biggest thing I'm seeing - and I have to be careful what I say here - is that people are tired of the old guard and the familiar brands. They're looking for more individuality and creativity, and that's coming out of this whole new wave of younger brands: Thom Browne, Michael Bastian, Robert Geller, myself.

Summer is the perfect time to go for bursts of color, like a big beaded necklace.

Look at nature - look at birds, look at fish. Things that look good, work good. People don't get the message of ergonomics.

The word 'midget' is a slur. It evolved from P. T. Barnum's era of circuses and freak shows. Society has evolved. So should our vocabulary. Language is a powerful tool. It does not just name our society. It shapes it.

I've never liked to conceptualize too much about fashion, like it was art or science, which it is not. But it's nice when there's a clear idea behind a collection.

I don't have anything to prove anymore. I can relax.

Whether it's digital or physical, a pencil or a pen: line work. Humans are making things. And out of that comes the entire designed world we live within.

I think of fashion as an art form as well as an industrial product - and something that has to be sold well and has to be of high quality.

When a man has seen the aerodynamic shape of a Caravelle jet at an airport, he doesn't need aerodynamic furniture.

Working with franchises can be challenging, but at the same time I really did enjoy working on 'Star Wars,' for example, and I have done a lot of 'Dungeons & Dragons' games, but I still enjoy it very much.

With all of this new technology at our hand, there is much more opportunity to show and to allow the audience to take in bits of the story on a more subliminal level, as well as the more expository, simply because they are getting things from different ways. It is really interesting to see where that can go.

I love Drake -- he is very talented and I like his effortless attitude in terms of his style and music.