The actual tragedies of life bear no relation to one's preconceived ideas. In the event, one is always bewildered by their simplicity, their grandeur of design, and by that element of the bizarre which seems inherent in them. Jean Cocteau
At some point in your life, if you're lucky, you get to design the way in which things evolve. Daniel Day-Lewis
It's all in how you arrange the thing... the careful balance of the design is the motion. Andrew Wyeth
I was very interested in theatre, mostly in stage design. I did a little bit of acting. Jim Henson
We thought it would be fun to try to design a show that would work well internationally and so that' s what we're intending to do with Fraggle Rock, and we are indeed now selling it around the world. Jim Henson
Over the past 20 years, I have noticed that the most flexible, dynamic, inquisitive minds among my students have been industrial design majors. Industrial designers are bracingly free of ideology and cant. The industrial designer is trained to be a clear-eyed observer of the commercial world - which, like it or not, is modern reality. Camille Paglia
I have always had an interest in fashion and design and I appreciate style and timelessness within my footwear and accessories both on and off the court. Maria Sharapova
I tried a dozen different modifications that were rejected. But they all served as a path to the final design. Mikhail Kalashnikov
Summer blockbusters are very expensive to make. They have things that have to be expensive, such as 600 effects shots or CG characters that have to go a certain way, or a film design that is different but expensive. Ang Lee
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. Kate Moss
Ever since I was young I loved making things and being part of the design process. Maria Sharapova
All those years of skating and dancing have carried over. I can't design anything without thinking of how a woman's body will look and move when she's wearing it. Vera Wang
Design is about point of view, and there should be some sort of woman or lifestyle or attitude in one's head as a designer. Vera Wang
The design of Rhetoric is to remove those Prejudices that lie in the way of Truth, to Reduce the Passions to the Government of Reasons to place our Subject in a Right Light, and excite our Hearers to a due consideration of it. Mary Astell
People who run a ready-to-wear company are businessmen rather than production or design people. Calvin Klein
You can be a mason and build 50 buildings, but it doesn't mean you can design one. John Malkovich
I like design, I like details, to me it is just another form of self-expression. John Malkovich
Well, I design costumes because I started with the theater in Chicago, but somehow a few lines just sort of fell to me to do it. And I studied it in school and I always liked it. John Malkovich