Inspiring Design Quotes

#1. Biting a plump bottom lip, I stare into endless irises open and poised over my own. Sliding my hand up her thigh, under her gown, I pull her closer with the hand cupping her hipbone, releasing the growl of a king caught in delight.

Poppet

#2. Error is a hardy plant; it flourisheth in every coil; In the heart of the wise and good, alike with the wicked and foolish; For there is no error so crooked, but it hath in it some lines of truth.

Martin Farquhar Tupper

#3. What you cannot avoid, welcome.

Liam Roth

#4. Simplicity, carried to an an extreme, becomes elegance.

Jon Franklin

#5. Briefly, to program it requires an absolute understanding of how all 65,536 processors are interconnected.

Philip Emeagwali

#6. If it's dead, don't go digging it up every five minutes to check if there's a pulse. It's dead; walk away.

Richard Templar

#7. Design a life! Don't maintain it.

Shannon L. Alder

#8. Nicole's intuition told her not to follow the fireflies, but she said nothing.

Arthur C. Clarke

#9. While he is universally remembered as Colonel Hogan, Bob Crane must be credited for paving the way for radio personalities and disc jockeys for generations to come.

Carol M. Ford

#10. Creationist 'logic' is always the same. Some natural phenomenon is too statistically improbable, too complex, too beautiful, too awe-inspiring to have come into existence by chance. Design is the only alternative to chance that the authors can imagine.

Richard Dawkins

#11. Buffalo is one of America's great designed cities. The interweaving of great architecture, landscape architecture and important historic sites makes Buffalo a must see destination for preservationists, designers, history buffs, and anyone wishing to see an inspiring example of American design.

Richard Moe

#12. The one who is born of the earth, dreams of the sky. The one who is born of the sky, dreams of the earth.

C. JoyBell C.

#13. Barley malt has a really deep, rich taste. A lot of manufacturers have switched over to corn syrup over the years because it's a cheaper sweetener, but it doesn't have the flavor.

Nell Newman

#14. You don't filter smokestacks or water. Instead, you put the filter in your head and design the problem out of existence.

William McDonough

#15. I'm not too proud to change. I like to win too much.

Bobby Bowden

#16. The acquirements of science may be termed the armour of the mind; but that armour would be worse than useless, that cost us all we had, and left us nothing to defend.

Charles Caleb Colton

#17. No matter how many warnings are posted, no one actually believes that online behavior can hurt their lives or the lives of others. Especially if there is a cloak of anonymity. Everyone feels shielded, safe, and invincible.

Joelle Charbonneau

#18. Writing the last page of the first draft is the most enjoyable moment in writing. It's one of the most enjoyable moments in life, period.

Nicholas Sparks

#19. In design as in life, smart can also mean wise, kind, inspiring - and cost-effective. And that has a charm all its own.

Nancy Gibbs

#20. I credit my mom with inspiring in me a love of design, matched by her creative problem-solving abilities. This is a woman who could find an old, discarded piece of furniture, bring it home and turn it into something fabulous.

Candice Olson

#21. I wonder if I'll meet one person that knows enough people that can get me recognized as a writer. Oh I already have he lives in my mirror.

Stanley Victor Paskavich

#22. You know you've achieved perfection in design, not when you have nothing more to add, but when you have nothing more to take away.

Antoine De Saint-Exupery

#23. Half my fan mail comes from Japan.

Ben Barnes