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" My homes are similar in style because the same design principles run through all areas of my work. "

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" At the OECD, we stand ready to continue to help our member and partner countries to design, promote, and implement Better Policies for Better Lives. "

Jose Angel Gurria

" Design is a tool that either allows us to create new markets or disrupt existing ones. "

" Case studies of failure should be made a part of the vocabulary of every engineer so that he or she can recall or recite them when something in a new design or design process is suggestive of what went wrong in the case study. "

" I turned my hand to costume design a few years ago when I created the outfits for 'This Is the Sea,' with Richard Harris and Samantha Morton. It's a very different discipline to being a fashion designer, though - you have to rein in your own vision and work to a tight brief. "

" To be able to design for the plus-sized consumer, for me, that's just beyond. It's a dream. "

Khloe Kardashian

" I'm not like most designers, who have to set sail on an exotic getaway to get inspired. Most of the time, it's on my walk to work, or sitting in the subway and seeing something random or out of context. "

" My Chinese grandmother was a dressmaker, so I always enjoyed dressing up and looking cool. "

" I used to design for my body, which was flat-chested with big hips. That's why my clothes were tight on top with full skirts. "

" Perhaps believing in good design is like believing in God, it makes you an optimist. "

" I like entertainment and think mastery is good, though I don't feel like a master. If a theme means having a story that's legible, then that's certainly what we do. But we don't treat design as an add-on layer. "

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

" A purpose, an intention, a design, strikes everywhere even the careless, the most stupid thinker. "

" I'm a perfectionist. And that's served me very well in my career. It allows me to handle these large, complex problems without letting things fall through the cracks... That is the mentality you have to have to attack these complex problems of chip design, for example, when you're overwhelmed with complexity. "

" What is design? It's where you stand with a foot in two worlds - the world of technology and the world of people and human purposes - and you try to bring the two together. "

" The future of design is a future where anything material in the environment - whether it's wearables, cars, buildings - can be designed with this variation of properties and relationship with the environment that can take part in the natural ecology. "

" Every project that you write about or read about, it goes through years of hard work. We write a screenplay; we design. Then you submit those and the budget, and it's out of your hands. "

Guillermo del Toro

" With the Larry Bertlemann portrait, I started with a photograph that I could use for it. I built the drawing's identity to serve as a graphic identity. After a number of sketches, I went into my own abstract vernacular of drawn lines and shapes to create the composition for the poster design. "

John Van Hamersveld

" To be the Grand Marshal of the most recognized Halloween parade in the world is so much fun. People plan for months and months to design their costumes, and it is amazing. It is a true competition and amazing to watch everyone. "

" I love to design and remodel houses, from working with the contractors to picking the colours, materials, kitchen and bathroom accessories to finally what furniture goes where. "

Olivia Newton-John

" I find, in merchandising and design and creative, a business school degree isn't particularly helpful. "

" When designing your product, go beyond consumers' current knowledge base. Design, test, and dig deeper than almost any client would pay you to do. "

" For contemporary fashion, I'm a huge fan of so many of the people out there. I think Azzedine Alaia holds up through three generations of very specific, beautiful design. I think Jean Paul Gaultier also is very interesting with a long span. "

" Design accelerates the adoption of new ideas. And many of these ideas are important for designers to show that there is a way. When you see things through that lens, you realize it applies to any industry and any form of design. "

" 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. "

" The emphasis and value on ideas and original thinking is an innate part of British culture, and in many ways, that describes the traditions of design. "

" In the end, it's clear that the incorporation of synthetic biology in product and architectural design will enable the transition from designs that are inspired by nature to designs made with and by nature to, possibly, designing nature herself. "

" I think there is a new awareness in this 21st century that design is as important to where and how we live as it is for museums, concert halls and civic buildings. "

Daniel Libeskind

" The aim of being a good designer is to have an influence. If you design furniture or lifestyle, you should influence the way people evolve globally. It's good to have an influence. "

Olivier Theyskens

" We spent a lot of time trend forecasting and collaborating on ways to design a fresh line of fashion-forward, affordable luxury. "

Kourtney Kardashian

" By no definition of any modern scientist is intelligent design science, and it's a waste of our students' time to subject them to it. "

Lawrence M. Krauss