William Merritt Chase Quotes

Design is a funny word. Some people think design means how it looks. But of course, if you dig deeper, it's really how it works.

I always design the hat with the wearer in mind; otherwise, it's an inanimate object.

I love design.

Architects think that beauty is a crime.

As if a device can function if it has no style. As if a device can be called stylish that does not function superbly... yes, beauty matters. Boy, does it matter. It is not surface, it is not an extra, it is the thing itself.

I believe that one of the most powerful things of all is aesthetics.

We have always thought about design as being so much more than just the way something looks. It's the whole thing: the way something works on so many different levels. Ultimately, of course, design defines so much of our experience.

I have found that all ugly things are made by those who strive to make something beautiful, and that all beautiful things are made by those who strive to make something useful.

Design is the fundamental soul of a human-made creation that ends up expressing itself in successive outer layers of the product or service.

I have a lot to learn from designers.

Design has to work. Art does not.

The difference between utility and utility plus beauty is the difference between telephone wires and the spider web.

I've always been interested in art, architecture, color.

Fashion is to please your eye. Shapes and proportions are for your intellect.

Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse.

Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.

Design must be functional, and functionality must be translated into visual aesthetics without any reliance on gimmicks that have to be explained.

Good design begins with honesty, asks tough questions, comes from collaboration and from trusting your intuition.

I think that the point of being an architect is to help raise the experience of everyday living, even a little. Putting a window where people would really like one. Making sure a shaving mirror in a hotel bathroom is at the right angle. Making bureaucratic buildings that are somehow cheerful.

Like many people out there, I'm inspired by the level of attention to detail, design and execution of Apple products.

Fashion is architecture: it is a matter of proportions.

We always correct people who say, 'You're trying to make this look better.' Well yes, we want it to look better, but that's easy. The look and the function are one and the same. They are not separate. It looks good because it functions beautifully. That message is very hard.

I just love pretty things, whether it is art, a song or a pair of shoes.

Fashion, for me, is anything that's aesthetic and beautiful. Art, food, film. It's something that I appreciate and really like.

I think entrepreneurs have a great opportunity to think of how to make things more understandable, simple and beautiful.