Olivier Theyskens Quotes

The aim of being a good designer is to have an influence. If you design furniture or lifestyle, you should influence the way people evolve globally. It's good to have an influence.

Olivier Theyskens

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GoodPeopleInfluenceDesignYou

We've fallen into a trap of ever-widening orbits of contact, and there is a total disregard for the present moment.

Jerry Seinfeld

MomentPresentPresent MomentContact

You always know. You have basic needs, and when they aren't met, your body sends signals. Hunger, loneliness, exhaustion, thirst, and fear are all signals that something is missing, and you need to act on it now.

Mel Robbins

FearLonelinessYouBodyKnowNow

I believe that if you don't derive a deep sense of purpose from what you do, if you don't come radiantly alive several times a day, if you don't feel deeply grateful at the tremendous good fortune that has been bestowed on you, then you are wasting your life. And life is too short to waste.

Srikumar Rao

LifeGoodThankfulDayGrateful

I'm enamored with the art world. Anytime you look at anything that's considered artistic, there's a commercial world around it: the ballet, opera, any kind of music. It can't exist without it.

Steve Martin

MusicArtWorldYouLookKind

I'm a great lover of ballads.

Ry Cooder

GreatLoverBallads

You can browse to your heart's content but it's hard work and not easy on the feet unless you do it through catalogs or the Internet, and I like to touch and try on the things I buy.

Judith Krantz

WorkHard WorkHeartFeetInternet

Whenever I grump when the alarm goes off, it's immediately replaced by, 'But I get to leave my office at 11 A.M. and be with my daughter all day.'

Josh Elliott

DaughterDayOfficeLeaveGetOff

When I was growing up in New York City, my father was a taxi driver for a time.

Diane Lane

FatherTimeNew YorkCityGrowing Up

I was a musical theater major at the University of Arizona. And I primarily trained with Marsha Bagwell. It was a classical program, so we did Chekov and Moliere and a lot of Shakespeare.

Christine Woods

UniversityArizonaMusical Theater

Good debt accrues assets that generate positive returns and externalities.

Anthony Scaramucci

PositiveGoodDebtAssetsReturns

I want to be a person who makes a quiet difference.

Ali MacGraw

QuietPersonWantDifferenceWho

We shall not have succeeded in demolishing everything unless we demolish the ruins as well. But the only way I can see of doing that is to use them to put up a lot of fine, well-designed buildings.

Alfred Jarry

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