Nina Garcia Quotes

I think there is always a need for pure design. With pure design, you don't need so much decoration.

I don't particularly follow the Bauhaus school of design, where you make everything into a black box - simplify it.

To me, the fashion and architecture I like are very closely linked. Both should be clean and simple and without embellishment.

A formally harmonious product needs no decoration; it should be elevated through pure form.

My apartment reflects my views as an architect. It is minimal, austere. The architecture doesn't impose itself upon you. The apartment is a stage for other things to take place.

In a minimal interior, what you don't do is as important as what you do.

Modernism, rebelling against the ornament of the 19th century, limited the vocabulary of the designer. Modernism emphasized straight lines, eliminating the expressive S curve. This made it harder to communicate emotions through design.

I continue to be drawn to clarity and simplicity. 'Less is more' remains my mantra.

The lines of Pearl Art Glass are clean, certainly not cluttered.

Black-and-white always looks modern, whatever that word means.

I have a thing for clean lines and beautiful form that I attribute to my four years in Tokyo and Kyoto. I also appreciate traditional architecture and a warm palette that I think my Midwest upbringing has something to do with.

Just simple things - I like black and white, monochrome; I like suits.

I don't like a lot of feathers and frills. I like a clean aesthetic, a Calvin Klein aesthetic.

Less is more, in prose as in architecture.

My design is no design.

The less you have on your face, the less there is to go wrong.

Less is more. You should wear earrings or bracelets, but not both.

My design preference tends towards warmth, comfort, and minimalism.

Simple goes a long way.

I always think less is more.

People say I am a classic designer. I don't try to be classic, but I do try to be simple and elegant.

My aesthetic is pretty classic. I like to keep things simple but appreciate the details.

I believe in classics. I like keeping it simple, whether its colours, cuts, or the outfits I wear.

The principle of parsimony is valid esthetically in that the artist must not go beyond what is needed for his purpose.

I really believe in less is more. It's more sophisticated to look look and fresh and make a statement in one place.