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I have always believed that fashion was not made only to make women more beautiful, but also to reassure them, give them confidence.

— Yves Saint-Laurent

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The most beautiful makeup of a woman is passion. But cosmetics are easier to buy.

Over the years I have learned that what is important in a dress is the woman who is wearing it.

I don't really like knees.

I have often said that I wish I had invented blue jeans: the most spectacular, the most practical, the most relaxed and nonchalant. They have expression, modesty, sex appeal, simplicity - all I hope for in my clothes.

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If you want a golden rule that will fit everybody, this is it: Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.

William Morris

Good design is a Renaissance attitude that combines technology, cognitive science, human need and beauty to produce something.

Paola Antonelli

When any great design thou dost intend,
Think of the means, the manner, and the end.

John Denham Of Prudence (1668)

Good design is also an act of communication between the designer and the user, except that all the communication has to come about by the appearance of the device itself. The device must explain itself.

Donald Norman The Design of Everyday Things (1988)

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