Francisco Costa Quotes

Art has definitely influenced how I think of design, both as individual items and as a body of work.

Nature engenders the science of painting.

To me, you can't have style without being inspired. When I design a collection, I am inspired by so many things. The color of a flower. The shape of a butterly's wing. The juxtaposition of an old tenement building next to a shiny new skyscraper.

Whether it's a computer or a pen drawing, design is about drawing shapes and making physical things.

Architecture is invention.

I think the artistic side of architecture was natural to me. My mother was an artist and a poet.

I love art in general - architecture, anything creative.

Architecture is not based on concrete and steel, and the elements of the soil. It's based on wonder.

I was a fine arts major in college, and a painter for many years. And I found that, like writing, art is very similar.

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

In architecture and interiors, as well as fashion, there is an interaction that is both functional and aesthetic.

If I was influenced by anything, it was architecture: structure having to do with logic. If you don't do it right, the whole thing is going to cave in. In a certain sense, you can carry that to graphic design. Fortunately, however, nobody is going to die if you do it wrong.

When I studied graphic design, I learned a valuable lesson: There's no perfect answer to the puzzle, and creativity is a renewable resource.

The word 'art' interests me very much. If it comes from Sanskrit, as I've heard, it signifies 'making.' Now everyone makes something, and those who make things on a canvas with a frame, they're called artists. Formerly, they were called craftsmen, a term I prefer. We're all craftsmen, in civilian or military or artistic life.

I always knew that I wanted to be creative, that I wanted to create something.

Somebody informed me recently that the key to every art, from writing to gardening to sculpture, is creativity. I beg to differ.

People kind of tend to mystify design and architecture by suggesting you need to train.

Being creative is my idea of heaven. I'm just incredibly fortunate that I can do it in artwork. Watercolor is what I started out with. What I love about watercolor is that a lot of happy accidents occur.

You cannot possibly invent painting all by yourself.

My whole life, I've always had to be surrounded by creative things. I find it relaxing to be in touch with creations by other people.

I'm an artistic kind of person. I draw. I've drawn my whole life. When you have an imaginative mind, I think the artistic form manifests itself in different ways. When I was younger, I used to draw murals for people.

When I paint, some things come out, and I don't know. Maybe it's because I have such talent as a painter.

Painting is, I think, inevitably an archaic activity and one that depends on spiritual values.

You cannot design shoes if you only think about fashion; it's too realistic. When I design, I dream.

Everything I do, whether it's producing or signing an artist, always starts with the songs. When I'm listening, I'm looking for a balance that you could see in anything. Whether it's a great painting or a building or a sunset.