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 spiders design grace 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 makeup design decision 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 design community book I'd dropped out of college to start design thing. Biz Stone design college Design is a career where you learn creative decision making. Biz Stone design careers creative 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 creativity design perfect Design and programming are human activities; forget that and all is lost. Bjarne Stroustrup design lost forget After all, C++ isn't a perfect match for Java's design aims either. Bjarne Stroustrup java design perfect 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 rewards simplicity design Systems programmers are the high priests of a low cult. Bob Barton design priests lows The basic principal of recursive design is to make the parts have the same power as the whole. Bob Barton principal design whole 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 design real people Be stimulated by rejection Bob Gill rejection design determination 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 design dumb jobs When you have something truthful to say, it will design itself. Bob Gill truthful design Once you have the statement, it will design itself. Bob Gill statements design Forget all the rules you ever learned Bob Gill graphic-design design forget 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 arbitrary design matter Counter the effects of culture (steering your design ideas) by going out and looking for new experiences. Bob Gill design new-experiences ideas 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 design communication excellence «7891011121314151617»