"I do believe that there are some universal cognitive tasks that are deep and profound - indeed, so deep and profound that it is worthwhile to understand them in order to design our displays in accord with those tasks." - Edward TufteTweet
"I became an art major, took every art class my school had to offer. In college, I majored in Advertising Art and Design." - Len WeinTweet
"The garden, by design, is concerned with both the interior and the land beyond the garden." - Stephen GardinerTweet
"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 MossTweet
"A Nicklaus Design golf course is done by the guys in my company that I work with, that have been trained in my vision, and they do what they think I might do. They might come in the office and ask me questions and I'd certainly answer their questions, but I'm not involved in the site visits or anything else." - Jack NicklausTweet
"Perhaps believing in good design is like believing in God, it makes you an optimist." - TerenceTweet
"We have no general conceptual thrust for the band, other than trying to make music that keeps our interest. When things are novel, they are probably things we have discovered by accident or investigation rather than by design." - Steve AlbiniTweet
"We must look for ways to be an active force in our own lives. We must take charge of our own destinies, design a life of substance and truly begin to live our dreams." - Les BrownTweet
"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 WilliamsTweet
"I do love DVD and I've always taken them seriously. You know, on the Austin things, we really put a ton of work into them because there's so much design involved. And in this one, we thought a lot about it and what could go in." - Jay RoachTweet