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“And this is a table ma'am. What in essence it consists of is a horizontal rectilinear plane surface maintained by four vertical columnar supports, which we call legs. The tables in this laboratory, ma'am, are as advanced in design as one will find anywhere in the world.”

World Support Four Design Humorous Essence Tables Legs Surface Planes Laboratory Vertical Horizontal

Author:Michael Frayn

“The essence of a software entity is a construct of interlocking concepts. I believe the hard part of building software to be the specification, design, and testing of this conceptual construct, not the labor of representing it and testing the fidelity of the representation.”

Believe Hard I Believe Design Building Concepts Labor Essence Software Entity Representation Constructs Testing Fidelity Representing Specifications

Author:Fred Brooks

“The very essence of gravity was design, and, consequently, deceit; it was a taught trick to gain credit of the world for more sense end knowledge than a man was worth; and that with all its pretensions it was no better, but often worse, than what a French wit had long ago defined it--a mysterious carriage of the body to cover the defects of the mind.”

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Book:The Works of Laurence Sterne, in One Volume

Source: The Works of Laurence Sterne, in One Volume

“Always remember the essence of Christian holiness is simplicity and purity: one design, one desire: entire devotion to God.”

Christian Remember Desire Design Essence Simplicity Devotion Purity Holiness Devotion To God

Book:The Works of the Rev. John Wesley

Source: The Works of the Rev. John Wesley

“The essence of design... lies in the process of discovering a problem shared by many people and trying to solve it.”

People Trying Problem Lying Process Design Essence Solve Discovering

Author:Kenya Hara

“I like to question the minutia, to get to the essence of things. The minutia of life is all about design. It's about the design of how you talk to another human being; it's the design of speech; it's the design of everything we do. We need to be better at listening, and we need to aim more directly at understanding and being understood.”

Needs Humans Life Is Understanding Human Beings Design Listening Speech Understood Essence Aim

Author:Richard Saul Wurman

“We're at a moment where people are rediscovering their ability to design, to create (engineer)and in essence, to become a true maker.”

People Moments Ability Design Essence Makers Engineers

Author:Brit Morin

“Design is the fundamental soul of a man-made creation that ends up expressing itself in successive outer layers of the product or service. The iMac is not just the color or translucence or the shape of the shell. The essence of the iMac is to be the finest possible consumer computer in which each element plays together.”

Source: Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs

“Every time you suppress some part of yourself or allow others to play you small, you are in essence ignoring the owner's manual your creator gave you and destroying your design.”

Play Self Esteem Design Empowerment Essence Creator Esteem Owners Destroying Psychics Manuals

Author:Oprah Winfrey

“The science of design, or of line-drawing, if you like to use this term, is the source and very essence of painting, sculpture, architecture... Sometimes... it seems to me that... all the works of the human brain and hand are either design itself or a branch of that art.”

Ifs Humans Art Sometimes Use Hands Seems Term Lines Brain Design Painting Source Essence Architecture Drawing Branches Sculpture Human Brain

Author:Michelangelo

“The essence of interior design will always be about people and how they live. It is about the realities of what makes for an attractive, civilized, meaningful environment, not about fashion or what's in or what's out. This is not an easy job.”

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Author:Albert Hadley

“Thirty spokes meet in the hub, but the empty space between them is the essence of the wheel. Pots are formed from clay, but the empty space within it is the essence of the pot. Walls with windows and doors form the house, but the empty space within it is the essence of the home.”

Home Form House Space Doors Design Wall Window Empty Essence Thirty Wheels Spokes Pot Clay Space Between Empty Space Hub Windows And Doors

Author:Laozi

“The task of the architectural project is to reveal, through the transformation of form, the essence of the surrounding context.”

Form Design Projects Tasks Essence Transformation

Author:Vittorio Gregotti

“I simply love classic design when it's reinterpreted. These collections reflect the spirit of this design philosophy; clean pared down lines and forms rooted in tradition yet made to feel new and modern with unexpected or stylized scale, finishes and detailing. This contemporary take on tradition creates a look that's at once current yet timeless, fresh yet familiar…the essence of both beautiful design and a beautifully designed home.”

“I believe that the essence of good design is its ability to sustain long term integrity, to become classic and create a truly captivating home.”

Believe Long Home I Believe Term Ability Design Integrity Essence Classic Long Term Good Design Captivating

Author:Candice Olson

“Simplicity is not about making something without ornament, but rather about making something very complex, then slicing elements away, until you reveal the very essence.”

Design Elements Essence Complexes Simplicity Ornaments

Author:Christoph Niemann