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" In fashion, my inspiration comes from pop culture - the 1960s and the following years. Whereas in interior design, my influences are much broader. "

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" The wisdom of crowds works when the crowd is choosing the price of an ox, when there's a single numeric average. But if it's a design or something that matters, the decision is made by committee, and that's crap. You want people and groups who are able to think thoughts before they share. "

" I believe well-designed places and objects can actually improve healing, while poor design can inhibit it. "

" The big difference between couture and ready-to-wear is not design. It is the fabrics, the handwork, and the fittings. The act of creation is the same. "

Yves Saint Laurent

" There is a voice, and there is a DNA to how I design. "

Kelly Wearstler

" We all have our preferences - some people go for birds - but for me, there's just something about the wolf; the design of it is really aesthetically pleasing. "

" Longhorns are unique - each and every one of them is a different color with a different design. "

" Deep down, creationists realize they will never win factual arguments with science. This is why they have construed their own science-like universe, known as Intelligent Design, and eagerly jump on every tidbit of information that seems to go their way. "

" It is all about quality of life and being proud of what I do. I need me to be me. "

" So much of design is context. "

" People tell you the world looks a certain way. Parents tell you how to think. Schools tell you how to think. TV. Religion. And then at a certain point, if you're lucky, you realize you can make up your own mind. Nobody sets the rules but you. You can design your own life. "

Carrie-Anne Moss

" There are professions more harmful than industrial design, but only a few. "

" Design is inherently optimistic. That is its power. "

William McDonough

" Readers always seem to think that the author has some control over the design of their books. "

" Once I tried to make a standardization of staircases. Probably that is one of the oldest of the standardizations. Of course, we design new staircase steps every day in connection with all our houses, but a standardized step depends on the height of the buildings and on all kinds of things. "

" Design is the Zeppo Marx of management disciplines - the one that everyone seems to forget. "

" I would think twice about designing stuff for which there was no need and which didn't endure. "

" When I came to MIT, there were four rubrics: science, art, design, and technology. And as you entered your degree, whether it was a master's or a Ph.D., if you were a citizen in one domain, you were a traveler in the other. "

" The very design of neoliberal principles is a direct attack on democracy. "

" I spearhead interior design for all Trump projects. "

" I worked in fashion, but I worked more in the sales side of fashion than in design. I was an assistant buyer for a department store back in the '70s and the early years of Saint Laurent. And I used to have a lot of private clients that I bought for. "

" The level of detail and craft is something that's inscribed within the original design concept. And so when I begin to draw, I know what kind of detailing I want the building to have. "

" There's a perennial debate about whether the propagandistic tripe produced by establishment media outlets is shaped more by evil or by stupidity. Personally, I think it's both: a healthy dose of each is needed. The system design is malicious, while those who serve as its public face are generally vacant. "

Glenn Greenwald

" Designers are very fickle. I never wanted to be a victim of that. You're in one minute, out the next. "

" When you think of all the things that are made from oil or in the chemical industry, if in the future we could find cells to replace most of those processes, the ideal way would be to do it by direct design. "

" The stylish kids on the street, they're the ones that set the trends. The designers see what they're doing and go and design their line and sell it back to the same kids, and it's like, why not go directly to the source? "

" I have an all-Japanese design team, and none of them speak English. So it's often funny and surprising how my ideas end up lost in translation. "

Pharrell Williams

" Leopard is an animal design, and my designs come from nature. "

Roberto Cavalli

" I don't eat at home, ever. "

" Acting isn't for me. I don't like being told what to do. I'm more interested in set design, more visually driven. "

" I love HGTV. I love working on my house and have really been bit by the 'luxury remodeling' bug. 'Million Dollar Rooms,' 'Million Dollar Listing'... any show that can give me design inspiration, I soak it in and try my hand at it. Home Depot is my second home! "