Harry Bertoia famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

The urge for good design is the same as the urge to go on living.
-- Harry Bertoia

#Design #Goes On #Good Design
I appreciate a slight yield, lightness of weight, some motion if possible, because in moving about, the human body determines... the comfort and the measurements of its environment... the human measure is still the strongest factor. But coming back to the chair, there are certain motions we go through - we like to lean back, like to toss things - and if the chair's adaptable it responds and it's almost like wearing a comfortable coat; you really don't know you have it on.
-- Harry Bertoia

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The other big factor in building trust quickly is site design quality. Mint.com has one of the best graphic designers ever (Jason Putorti) - he cares about every pixel, all the fonts, all the transparencies and effects. And that shows instantly. People do make judgments of trust on appearance - in the real world and online.
Our fates are in the hands of An Almighty God, to whom I can with pleasure confide my own; he can save us, or destroy us; his Councils are fixed and cannot be disappointed, and all his designs will be Accomplished.
There has to be irony, both in design and in the objects. I see around me a professional disease of taking everything too seriously. One of my secrets is to joke all the time
It is the rare architect who does not hope in his heart to design a great building and for whom the quest is not a quiet, consuming passion.
Indian weddings are elaborate. As a culture, we like to celebrate everything Our weddings go on for sometimes a week, 10 days.
Before I go on stage I pretend that everyone loves me.
Hey, you know what, I've gotta go on that 'Letterman' show. That show is so lame.
I think the thing about film is, as it gets proved by a lot of young filmmakers now, that the medium will just go on reinventing itself, and so you just hope to be a part of that and not a part of some kind of endless regurgitation or 'Here I am doing what you know I do' kind of thing.
All men have a sweetness in their life. That is what helps them go on. It is towards that they turn when they feel too worn out.
...I know good design when I fail to trip over it.

Harry Bertoia famous quotes

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