Henry Dreyfuss quotes

“On the other hand, if people are made safer, more efficient, more comfortable – or just plain happier – by contact with the product, then the designer has succeeded.”
-- Henry Dreyfuss

#Hands Quotes #People Quotes #Designer Quotes

“To look ahead one must learn to look back.”
-- Henry Dreyfuss

Source : Henry Dreyfuss (2012). “Designing for People”, p.22, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

#Looks Quotes

“Design is a process - an intimate collaboration between engineers, designers, and clients.”
-- Henry Dreyfuss

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“If the point of contact between the product and people becomes a point of friction, then the designer has failed. If, on the other hand, people are made safer, more comfortable, more desirous of purchase, more efficient — or just plain happier — by contact with the product, then the designer has succeeded.”
-- Henry Dreyfuss

Source : "Designing for People".

#Hands Quotes #People Quotes #Designer Quotes

“The products we design are going to be ridden in, sat upon, looked at, talked into, activated, operated, or in some way used by people individually or en masse. If the point of contact between the product and the people becomes a point of friction, then the industrial designer has failed. If, on the other hand, people are made safer, more comfortable, more eager to purchase, more efficient-or just plain happier-the industrial designer has succeeded.”
-- Henry Dreyfuss

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“The cost of a model is more than compensated for by future savings. It not only presents an accurate picture of the product for the executives, but it also gives the tool-makers and production men an opportunity to criticize and to present manufacturing problems.”
-- Henry Dreyfuss

Source : Henry Dreyfuss (2012). “Designing for People”, p.81, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

#Opportunity Quotes #Men Quotes #Giving Quotes

“To her- Hand in hand we come Christopher Robin and I To lay this book in your lap. Say you're surprised? Say you like it? Say it's just what you wanted? Because it's yours- because we love you.”

“The sanctified body is one whose hands are clean. The stain of dishonesty is not on them, the withering blight of ill-gotten gain has not blistered them, the mark of violence is not found upon them. They have been separated from every occupation that could displease God or injure a fellow-man.”

“In the last stage of the spiritual master's life, the devotees of the spiritual master should take preaching activities into their own hands. In this way the spiritual master can sit down in a solitary place and render nirjana-bhajana.”

“I think in this country we're committed to developing plays, and many plays I've seen have been rewritten too much. The scenes are tight, the play ends at the right time, you know exactly what the scene is about, but it seems flat; you can almost see that too many hands have been on the play. The individual voice is gone.”

“There are a lot of people who know me who can't understand for the life of them why I would got to work on something as unserious as baseball. If they only knew.”

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“Major sports are major parts of society. It's not anomalous to have people who love sports come from other parts of that society.”

“People who deal with life generously and large-heartedly go on multiplying relationships to the end.”

“My favourite designers are Alexander McQueen, YSL, Eskandar, Donna Karan and Lanvin.”

“If you focus on design, you can call yourself a designer. If you focus on the implementation of your design, you can call yourself an architect.”

“I was into Barbie and designer jeans.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.