1,339 Quotes About Design

I often get inspiration from literature and art, as well as from simply keeping my eyes open as I walk along the street. Talent alone won't get you far in this profession because there are too many other factors involved. You have to be fully aware of what is going on in the world at large, not just in the design world. And street culture is just as important as high culture. We don't have to be artists or architects ourselves to get inspiration from those disciplines.

Our designs go wrong because our feelings of contentment are woven from fine and unexpected filaments.

Every element in a design should be expressed to the extent necessary, but not beyond the extent necessary. Excess is noise.

Very often, what is meant to be a stepping stone turns out to be a slab of wet cement that will harden around your foot if you do not take the next step soon enough.

Your sensuality is your currency. Pay attention to how you spend or invest it.

The ability to live a sensual lifestyle signals that an individual has become adept at overcoming the constraints of daily life and has entered into a privileged world where the key to entry is no longer the functional, but the aesthetic, the decadent, the passionate.

Functionality should follow sensuality, not the other way round.

Sensuality can only be found in intimate moments and/or spaces.

The pursuit of sensuality is creating opportunities in experiential luxury.