Design Elements Quotes

Rawness and refinement are not opposite ends of a luxurious spectrum... they are two complementary features with which to populate a luxe environment.

I'm fascinated with design. I realized early that I had no talent in that direction, but I love talking with architects and designers about what they do. I appreciate applied creativity as a source of pleasure and meaning.

There was a mission: To match the cover of 'Extraordinary' to the cover of the paperback 'Impossible,' which was commercially successful. Consider the outdoor natural setting, the single girl in motion with her hair blowing, and the cursive font used for the title; both covers have these in common.

Design is the fundamental soul of a man-made creation that ends up expressing itself in successive outer layers of the product or service. The iMac is not just the color or translucence or the shape of the shell. The essence of the iMac is to be the finest possible consumer computer in which each element plays together.

The details are not the details. They make the design.

I used to do jacket design, and I'm very conscious of covers, and probably meddle more than other authors would.

In the art of design, color is to form what verse is to prose,--a more harmonious and luminous vehicle of the thought.

Design, whether it's on your body or in your home, is the same thing. It's mixing different colors, different textures, and unexpected patterns - elements that you wouldn't often put together in an interesting way.

I'm inspired by many things, from landscapes to textiles. Art and architecture always influence my design process.

If you take away print and embroidery, you have to challenge yourself a bit more on the cut.

If you design something pretty with good golf shots in it, then I think that's the combination that creates a really nice golf course.

I am a graphic artist heart and soul, though I find the term artist rather embarrassing.

The principle of the design - the harmony, rhythm and balance are all the same with interior and fashion design.

Do not be afraid of large patterns, if properly designed they are more restful to the eye than small ones: on the whole, a pattern where the structure is large and the details much broken up is the most useful...very small rooms, as well as very large ones, look better ornamented with large patterns.

I'm known for color and prints and embroideries.

I have a lot of tattoos. I probably have over 100 tattoos. I don't know. It's just a mural... a collage.

Well-building hat three conditions. Commodity, firmness, and delight.

Interior decoration partly thrives on being social.

I have this table in my new house. They put this table in without asking. It was some weird nouveau riche marble table, and I hated it. But it was literally so heavy that it took a crane to move it. We would try to set up different things around it, but it never really worked. I realized that table was my ego. No matter what you put around it, under it, no matter who photographed it, the douchebaggery would always come through.

A lot of fashion might seem boring, but it is actually quite fun: the inside, the outside, the silhouette... All the different finishes. That's a skill.

The relative majesty of buildings depends more on the weight and vigour of their masses than any other tribute of their design.

Color is everything. When color is right, form is right.

I typically go for a more classic aesthetic, though I like to contrast that with bold statement pieces throughout my house.

I always design my own hats to complete my fashion thought....I like them slightly mad, like this huge black poppy. Right now I lift the bosom high on coats and dresses...I am using so many high curved belts.

Design helps shape our everyday interactions through products, furniture, objects, or experiences.