The objective of the Computer-Aided Design Project is to evolve a machine systems which will permit the human designer and the computer to work together on creative design problems. Douglas T. Ross Computer-Aided Design: A Statement of Objectives (1960)
Use a good strong thick bold line so that we may get into the habit of leaving out those prettinesses which only cost money and spoil our design. William Burges to William Burges (1860)
Our experience in the Cartographic Section of the [OSS Map] Division clearly showed that the creation of a special purpose map was frequently as much a problem in design as it was a problem in substantive compilation. Arthur H. Robinson The Look of Maps (1952)
A power guided my hand. If an invisible companywaited to see what I would do,I in my own way asked fordirection, so we should journey togethera little nearer the accomplishmentof the design. R. S. Thomas Frequencies (1978)