Top 404 Designer Quotes

I always wanted to be a designer. It was when I started modelling for my college shows that I came under the spotlight.

After all, it’s very important for any big-name designer to have a couture range. I leave the ready-to-wear to my partner and team.

To be a couture designer is not only to create dresses but to adapt your line to your private customers. It is why couture is expensive. You are like a doctor.

I grew up in a very visual household. My dad is a designer; my sister is a designer. My brother is an amazing architect who does music. But I think in the Chung household, how things looked was an important part of who you are.

I did a lot of magic shows growing up. My dad is a graphic designer so he helped me brand myself and create a logo. So I was just rollin’ with the magician crowd for a while. But I was really young, 10 to 13, doing table magic and balloon animals at this Italian restaurant.

My goal as a puzzle designer is to create a meaningful experience for the player, not just ‘I solved it.’

I wouldn’t be a good model for any designer’s idea of what fashion is.

As a designer, I’m not a guy that can be put in a niche.

Growing up, I wanted to be a fashion designer, which I’m still in school for. Like, that’s what I want to be: a fashion designer.

I didn’t set out wanting to be a fashion designer from the age of 3. It wasn’t that kind of dream.

I appreciate the sentiment that I am a popular woman in computer gaming circles; but I prefer being thought of as a computer game designer rather than a woman computer game designer. I don’t put myself into gender mode when designing a game.

It’s a constant battle being a plus-size designer.

As the son of a racing car designer and mechanical engineer, I was exposed to motorsports from day one.

I think the job of an original designer is to inspire.

It was very easy to convince me to take on the job of character designer for ‘Dragon Quest.’

I love Christopher Bailey and Burberry, Mulberry for bags, and Hudson for jeans. I like a little bit of designer with a bit of vintage and High Street mixed in. I love it when you find those one-off key pieces, which end up becoming investment pieces. I always go for comfort, and like feeling confident and casual.

I secretly wanted to act. I also wanted be a toy designer and make puppets.

My mother, Agnes Dereon Beyince, was a seamstress and designer, and her passion passed down to me.

McDonald’s cannot flourish without McDonnell Douglas, the designer of the F-15.

If you’re a designer, there’s got to be some films that you’ve seen that have inspired you creatively. There’s no escaping that.

Phillip Harrison was the production designer, though, I think he’s uncredited. He’s done most of my films like Blue Thunder. Lots and lots over the years.

I’m a danger to myself and others in expensive, designer shops, as they send me giddy with excitement, causing me to snap up all manner of silly things.

If someone tied me down and made me answer the question, singer, actress, clothing designer, I most likely – it could change on any given day, but mostly likely I would lean towards singing. It’s where I feel most like myself – on stage singing.

I think that designers have an incredibly broad creative repertoire. They solve. They create images of perfection for any number of clients. I could never do that. I’m my client. That’s the difference between an artist and a designer; it’s a client relationship.

I’ve worked on really big budget movies as a designer – ‘Vanilla Sky,’ ‘Three Kings;’ I’ve been in that world, and you can just see people get nervous.

I am not somebody who would go on holiday carrying designer clothes and only click pictures for Instagram and then chill in my hotel room.

I hate to say it, but the truth is that the upscale line is where I get respect as a designer. The higher the price range, the higher the respect level from the industry, even though it’s much easier to make a great $500 dress than a great $100 dress.

There are different ways to show and tell through Instagram. What’s right for one designer will be very different for another designer, and everyone’s going to be figuring things out, but it’s a great opportunity to use it for feedback.

I think Jenny Beavan is a masterful costume designer and very deserving of the Oscar for ‘Mad Max: Fury Road.’

The only way I work as a designer is to consciously avoid specialisation.

I did a bit of modeling before I took up acting, and I was up for this big campaign – I can’t remember which designer – and all these execs were looking at my portfolio. Then one said: ‘We’d like to use you, but can you come back next year when you’ve lost this.’ And he tapped the underside of his chin.

We have this perceived illusion of what the fashion designer does. As an industry, we make it out that this one individual changes the entire face of the earth. I have never said ‘me’; it’s always ‘we.’ I am just the big salesman.

I was a user experience designer for Google Docs.

When we did Dynasty, it was the clothes. I think the clothes affected every woman around the world. I got so many letters, I think we made the designer a millionaire!

I can believe in myself, and I feel like I’m such a strong and talented designer.

I’m an American designer. It’s important to riff on that. I remember, when my mom and I first came to the States, she was so shocked that everyone was so dressed down in sandals and shorts. It’s not quite like that in Asia. To give that a superluxurious makeover? For me to make street wear? It’s sort of chic to do it.

I don’t own anything designer.

I think that we could be more careful about what we’re saying to young women in terms of their expectations. It’s unrealistic to expect people to always be in designer clothes. Girls growing up deserve more freedom in how they look and how they feel about how they look.

I’m not a designer, I’m a creator.

I was the lead designer and the general manager of the triple 7 and, of course, the dynamite 787.

The thing with fashion is that when I see something that I like, I just go with it. I don’t really go towards one designer or the other. It’s just what I like. It could be expensive, it could be cheap. If it fits me, and it’s my style, I’ll wear it.

I’ve always felt like a designer of lifestyle that has a certain spirit and bohemian quality.

If you are a new, upcoming designer, you’ve got to think of new, cool ways to make the industry look at you. Don’t just get stuck in a rut, show your clothes, and be like, ‘You should like this.’

The apparent pointlessness of fashion may be just what makes it so strong as a zeitgeist sensor. Even I, a designer, do not know why a certain proportion feels dated or why another one feels exciting at a given moment. I leave that to the cultural historians and theorists.

I’m not really a fashion designer. I just love clothes. I’ve never been to design school. I can’t sketch. I can’t cut patterns and things. I can shorten things. I can make a dress out of a scarf.

I’m a game designer, so I care about the whole experience.

I am an Asian designer. I was born in Taiwan. That is who I am. But I am a designer, like any designer of any race. Growing up in the ’80s in Taiwan, the arts were not considered a career.

I’m not an artist. I’m a fashion designer of clothes.

As a designer, the mission with which we have been charged is simple: providing space at the right cost.

Fashion was always with me since I was young. I would always be like, ‘What do I want to be when I grow up?’ And it hit me when I was young – I wanted to be a fashion designer.

And I’m in favor of that because I have a gay son, who’s a very successful theater designer.

The computer has played a role in destroying creativity with the Photoshop. Everybody thinks they’re a designer.

I loved the idea of offering customers a website where they could have access to a designer shopping experience at great value.

If you’re struggling to get on the same page as your partner and you’re not able to agree when it comes to renovations, my suggestion would be to consider hiring a designer. The introduction of a third party moderator with expertise can help break the tie and offer a voice of reason.

A catwalk show is just how it’s done; it’s just what you do – it’s central to the presentation of a collection. It will be a very brave designer who gives up the catwalk entirely in favour of a digital show.

There is a pressure on actresses to look in a certain way. Like, when I have to go out for promotion or interviews, I have to choose designer wear.

When I was a child I loved my dolls and I was practically born with a needle in my hand. I really had an aptitude for sewing – my mother taught me. I even learned to embroider when I was very young and I made the most fantastic dresses for my dolls. So I thought I could be a designer.

I am not comfortable walking the ramp for just any designer. I am particular about who I associate with.