1,339 Quotes About Design

We have an internal check and balance system. By design we are so filled with possibility, opportunity, with greatness that when we live small, within the bottom of our capability, we innately know we should be living greater than that, and it creates a disconnect inside that leads us to feeling empty, unhappy, maybe even depressed.

You must forget all your theories, all your ideas before the subject. What part of these is really your own will be expressed in your expression of the emotion awakened in you by the subject.

The joy of living is a sensual art.

We create our future self by default or design.

I like to reinvent myself — it’s part of my job.

Embrace iteration as the road to improvement, but don't let that lull you into rolling out poorly-thought-out crap.

New York City is an absolute failure in the design of buildings that promote good human health.

Clear thinking at the wrong moment can stifle creativity.

Absurdity and anti—absurdity are the two poles of creative energy.