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I want to work on things that aren't self-evident, to propose things that are radically different and game-changing.
America's all about freedom of choice, and I really hope that in the future we still have a great choice of vehicles.
I don't know how we can compare the old watches we know with the functionality and the capability of the Apple Watch.
In a world where every man and his dog is a designer, Alexander McQueen was the real deal. His talent was supersonic.
Not long ago, a hat was a conformist accessory. Then the 1960s came along, and young people didn't want to wear hats.
I always design a landscape with fixed horizons whether it be mountains or a stone wall around a 20-foot-square plot.
Growing up, I enjoyed drawing, but it was always in the service of an idea. I drew all the time, and I enjoyed making.
I love Comme des Garcons. I think everything she touches is almost like gold. And she does it so quietly. No branding.
We were unusually brought up; there was no gender differentiation. I was never thought of as any less than my brother.
I don't think I would have made for a good doctor. It was not meant to be, and it took me a long time to realize that.
A little jewellery on a man is OK, although he should never wear too much. Every man should always have a great watch.
I was always fascinated by diagramming a sentence. Because that is going into a space, going into a world of language.
Here's where redesign begins in earnest, where we stop trying to be less bad and we start figuring out how to be good.
'Comfy,' that's one of the worst words! I just picture a woman feeling bad, with a big bottle of alcohol, really puffy.
I guess being French, I love Hollywood. I love Hollywood movies. Joseph Mankiewicz's 'All About Eve.' 'Mildred Pierce.'
I like to push myself to achieve a certain quality, eliminate the excess detail. I always want a high degree of purity.
The best businesses adopt a similar approach to Google. They are consistently looking for ways to improve what they do.
Every new car, you open the door, and you look at all those internal mellifluous swoopy bits, and they have no meaning.
If you expect me to buy something where all I can sense is carelessness, actually I think that is personally offensive.
When you're trying to be a parent and a businessperson at the same time, that is the most stressful thing you could do.
M.A.C. stands for makeup, art, and cosmetics. We're about bringing all these worlds together - makeup, design, fashion.
You really can't function as a celebrity. Entertainers are celebrities. I'm an architect. I'm an artist. I make things.
I must point out - Sarah Jessica Parker is not a diva - she's one of these pop culture characters that everybody likes.
I like Passion Duo, our brand-new gloss fusion lipstick. I also like our Illuminator - it's a glow-illuminating powder.
I have a strong sense that every project is an invention, which is not a word I hear being used in architecture courses
If there's a simple, easy design principle that binds everything together, it's probably about starting with the people.
Some people accuse the new generation of being ignorant, maybe ignorant for the old generation, but it's a new language.
I hope the people remember Dolce & Gabbana for the sensuality, for the Mediterranean sense, for our honesty to the life.
Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats.
You have to design and program differently. Combat action in an MMO is so different to combat in a first-person shooter.
When you feel that the way you interpret the world is fairly idiosyncratic, you can feel somewhat ostracized and lonely.
Starting at 11, I was a movie-theater popcorn girl, a babysitter, a sales clerk - in the Midwest, they start them early!
I like my stationery to be funnier, like, 'Here's my note, and it's an elephant with a lady smoking a cigarette on top.'
Everything is about color. If you look at magazines and advertising and television, the thing you remember is the color.
To me, relaxing doesn't mean that we play ding-dong songs and look at a wall of bamboo. It's just completely unoriginal.
The first thing you need to make clear to a client is that you aren't there to answer his wants but to answer his needs.
You have to let the viewers come away with their own conclusions. If you dictate what they should think, you've lost it.
I'm as much interested in the form-making as well as getting you to think about what we're doing to the world around us.
I am blessed or cursed, depending on how you look at it, with an incurably restless spirit and the ability to work hard.
I have a strong sense that every project is an invention, which is not a word I hear being used in architecture courses.
The main purpose of my work is to provoke people into using their imagination and make their surroundings more exciting.
We prefer to talk about 100% renewable instead of zero carbon. When you say zero carbon, you are not positively defined.
You don't filter smokestacks or water. Instead, you put the filter in your head and design the problem out of existence.
The red sole was born from red nail polish. I am giving back to beauty what the shoes took from the nails many years ago.
My favorite sound is definitely mules. If it was an instrument, it's really pingthe touch of the black keys of the piano.
It's not so much the color of suit as it is about the fit, cut, style, and, of course, attitude you have when wearing it.
But one of the things that really irritates me in products is when I'm aware of designers wagging their tails in my face.
'Frances' is a longtime family name on my dad's side. My grandfather, father, brother, and my daughter's name is Frances.
Building your own house is a primal urge, one of those universal genetic drives like the need to provide for your family.
I wanted to go beyond the sentiments and needs of daily life to create a sense of wonder and find a new space for design.