Saul Bass Quotes

Between two products equal in price, function and quality, the better looking will outsell the other.

I want people to love to sit in my chairs. You gotta want the people to buy it because they love it.

More than trends, consumers need functionality. Everything needs an element of fashion, but that's more like a spice.

I design for real people. I think of our customers all the time. There is no virtue whatsoever in creating clothing or accessories that are not practical.

Furniture is meant to be used and enjoyed.

Puma was all about function and not at all about design. The founder of the company always believed functionality and performance were the only ingredients that could make Puma successful and design never mattered.

Function alone does not make clothing appealing.

Comfort? If a choice has to be made between style and comfort, style wins every time.

In tech, people want an object for what's inside it, what it does. You need to make a defensive design that people won't walk away from. A chair is aggressive - you want a customer to choose it from many others.

Design means being good, not just looking good.

I don't design for myself. I design something keeping in mind that it has to please a lot of women.

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

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.

We must never lose sight of the fact that shoes go on the feet, and if people can't walk in them, they are worthless. Fashion designers who are not specialists need the help of technical people. We help decide the collections together.

Make each product the best it can be. Focus on form and materials. What we don't include is as important as what we do include.

I'd rather have a house that's nice but usable.

I think a beautiful product that doesn't work very well is ugly.

The most important thing is always to feel comfortable - I would never sacrifice function for style.

When I work on sculpture, I don't have to worry about function. When I work on a piece of architecture, I must think about function all the time.

I like my products to be smart in a technical way but to show the time invested in their creation, too.

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 would say most of my style is driven by functionality and comfort.

Most people make the mistake of thinking design is what it looks like. People think it's this veneer - that the designers are handed this box and told, 'Make it look good!' That's not what we think design is. It's not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.

The real questions are: Does it solve a problem? Is it serviceable? How is it going to look in ten years?

I have always had an interest in fashion and design and I appreciate style and timelessness within my footwear and accessories both on and off the court.