Quotes by Design Like delicate lace, so the threads intertwine, oh, gossamer web of wond'rous design! Such beauty and grace wild nature produces... Ughh, look at that spider suck out that bug's juices! Bill Watterson spidersdesigngrace What I love about directing is finding common ground in complementary palate with wardrobe, set design, the camera department, the makeup department, et cetera. I love figuring out that synergy. To have everything work in concert is amazing, I love working with that kind of logic. Directing is a cavalcade of taste decisions - this one or that one, but I raather enjoy it and am in the process of setting up the next endeavor. Billy Zane makeupdesigndecision I started designing book jackets, which was great because I was good at it. And then from there I decided to become a freelance graphic designer and I needed to expand beyond book jackets, so I taught myself web design, and then in 1999 some friends of mine decided to start a company called Xanga.com, which was a very early kind of social network slash blogging community. Biz Stone designcommunitybook I'd dropped out of college to start design thing. Biz Stone designcollege Design is a career where you learn creative decision making. Biz Stone designcareerscreative When I studied graphic design, I learned a valuable lesson: There's no perfect answer to the puzzle, and creativity is a renewable resource. Biz Stone creativitydesignperfect Design and programming are human activities; forget that and all is lost. Bjarne Stroustrup designlostforget After all, C++ isn't a perfect match for Java's design aims either. Bjarne Stroustrup javadesignperfect Nature doesn't see things through the prism of good or bad. It rewards efficiency. That is the simplicity of evolution, matching design to environment. Blake Crouch rewardssimplicitydesign Systems programmers are the high priests of a low cult. Bob Barton designpriestslows The basic principal of recursive design is to make the parts have the same power as the whole. Bob Barton principaldesignwhole I paint mostly from real life. It has to start with that. Real people, real street scenes, behind the curtain scenes, live models, paintings, photographs, staged setups, architecture, grids, graphic design. Whatever it takes to make it work. Bob Dylan designrealpeople Be stimulated by rejection Bob Gill rejectiondesigndetermination I've never had a problem with a dumb client. There is no such thing as a bad client. Part of our job is to do good work and get the client to accept it. Bob Gill designdumbjobs When you have something truthful to say, it will design itself. Bob Gill truthfuldesign Once you have the statement, it will design itself. Bob Gill statementsdesign Forget all the rules you ever learned Bob Gill graphic-designdesignforget No matter how many times your amazing, absolutely brilliant work is rejected by the client, for whatever dopey, arbitrary reason, there is often another amazing, absolutely brilliant solution possible. Bob Gill arbitrarydesignmatter Counter the effects of culture (steering your design ideas) by going out and looking for new experiences. Bob Gill designnew-experiencesideas Design can be both a manifestation of a company's design ethic and an outward communication of a company's design ethic and drive for excellence. Bob Lutz designcommunicationexcellence«7891011121314151617»
