Theory into Practice // Design Quotes by Famous designers



Design can be art. Design can be aesthetics. Design is so simple, that’s why it is so complicated - Paul Rand
A graphic designer known for his corporate logo designs which included IBM, UPS, Enron, ABS.


Design is thinking made visual - Saul Bass .
 An American graphic designer and filmmaker known for his animated or design motion picture titile sequences.

There is no better designer than nature - Alexander McQueen.
A British head designer at Givenchy for 5 years who has created designs for many noted celebrities.

Art is not what you see, but what you make others see - Edgar Degas
'The painter of dancers'  has painted ballerinas with an exact accuracy and half of his works depict dancers

Design is Redesign - Jan Michl
A writer on modern design issues

Design is a conversation with a situation - Mario Gagilardi.
A designer, theorist and principal of mg strategy has written many articles on creativity and strategy.

In nature, light creates the colour. In the picture, colour creates the light -  Hans Hofmann
An  exuberant artist known for color filled canvases and a teacher for many artists.

Designers may be the true intellectuals of the future - Paola Antonelli.
She is a Senior Curator in the Department of Architecture and design at the Museum of Modern Art.

Every child is an artist.  The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up -Pablo Picaso.
Best of the realistic painters who experimented  different theories and techniques .

Do not seek to change what has come before. Seek to create that which has not - David Airey.
A brand identity designer with experience of woking with clients working across the globe.

When you make something no one hates, no one loves it. - Tibor Kalman.
Editor-in-chief of Colors magazine, Tibor Kalman was an influential graphic designer from Hungary.

A designer is a planner with an aesthetic sense - Bruno Munari
An Italian sculptor, painter, film maker and designer who has contributed to visual arts and non-visual arts.

Design should never say, “Look at me.” It should always say, “Look at this.” - David Craib
Founder of Parable communications, Canada which develops graphic designs.

 Simplicity is the ultimate form of sophistication - Leonardo Da Vinci
A genius in art, science who created classic paintings like Monalisa, Last Supper and Virgin of the Rocks.

To be outstanding - get comfortable with being uncomfortable - Alrik Koudenburg.
Freelance deisgner who enjoys creating drafts and launching ideas within different disciplines of design.

Artists are natural marketers for everyone but themselves - Oren Sherman
An Illustrator known for producing crisp, colorful, award winning prints.

Like all forms of design, visual design is about problem solving not about personal preference or unsupported opinion -       Bob Baxley.
A practicing designer specializing in interactive online products.

Preperation gives birth to Self Confidence - Denise Harman.
A Graphic design and Illustration teacher loved by all of her students.

The second best friend you can have (the first being someone who can give you a good job) is another Designer or Illustrator - Ward Schumaker

Creative without strategy is called 'art'. Creative with strategy is called 'advertising' -Jef I. Richards
An expert in advertising and public policy issues related to marketing communications

A man paints with his brains and not with his hands - Michelangelo
A versatile painter, sculptor, architect, poet and engineer sculpted Pieta and David before he reached 30.

We spend a lot of effort trying to make things look effortless - Alexander Isley
A graphic designer and educator who is the principal of Alexander Isley Inc.

A designer is an emerging synthesis of artist, inventor, mechanic, objective economist and evolutionary strategist - Richard Buckminster Fuller.
An inventor of  the terms 'Spaceship Earth', 'Ephemeralization' and 'Synergetics' and 'Geodesic dome'.

Design creates culture. Culture shapes values. Values determine the future. Design is therefore responsible for the world our children will live in. - Robert L. Peters.
Was actively involved in design dentology, interior design advancement, education, writing and speaking.

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 - Mitchell Kapor.
Founder of the Lotus Development Corporation. 

Good design begins with honesty, asks tough questions, comes from collaboration and from trusting your intuition -      Freeman Thomas
An Automobile and Industrial designer who has worked for Porsche, Volkswagen group, DaimlerChrysler and Ford.

Art is creativity, creativity is passion, passion is love - Andrew Brynjulson.
A graphic designer experienced in logo / identity, t-shirt, screen printing, illustration and marketing strategy.

Painting is by nature a luminous language - Robert Delaunay.
An Orphism artist who used bold colors, which showed clear love of experimenting both depth and tone.

No amount of skillful invention can replace the essential element of imagination - Edward Hopper
A realistic painter known for his oil paintings and watercolor paintings and printmaker in etching.

Confusion and clutter are the failure of design, not the attributes of information -Edward R. Tufte.
An expert in the fields of Information design and visual literacy who coined the term 'Chartjunk'.

To be an artist is to believe in life - Henry Moore.
Famous for his abstract and organic monumental bronze sculptures known as public works of art.

Great art picks up where nature ends - Marc Chagall
Described as 'quintessential Jewish artist of 20th century' by Robert Hughes had a unique career in painitings, stained galss, stage sets, ceramics and fine art prints.

Friday 11 May 2012 by Lisa Collier
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