1,339 Quotes About Design

  • Author Adolf Loos
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    It is ridiculous to lay down to people where a thing should stand, design everything for them from the lavatory pan to the ashtray. On the contrary, I like people to move their furniture so that it suits them (not me!), and it's quite natural (and I approve) when they bring the old pictures and mementos they have come to love into a new interior, irrespective of whether they are good taste or bad.

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  • Author Richie Norton
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    10 Ways to Approach a Joyful Life1. Life is short so don’t pretend like you’ll have time later.⁣2. Design your work so have freedom of geography, income and time.⁣3. Don’t care about stuff. ⁣4. Own your life.⁣5. Own your time.⁣6. Own your contribution to humanity on a deep level.⁣7. Be cool (kind) to other people.⁣8. Don’t take yourself too seriously.⁣9. Sacrifice.⁣10. Choose happiness.⁣⁣Bonus: Bad stuff will happen. Move forward and don’t blame God for the bad stuff.

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  • Author Bertrand Russell
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    You all know the argument from design: everything in the world is made just so that we can manage to live in the world, and if the world was ever so little different, we could not manage to live in it. That is the argument from design. It sometimes takes a rather curious form; for instance, it is argued that rabbits have white tails in order to be easy to shoot. I do not know how rabbits would view that application.

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