#sign

I see the Beijing National Stadium as an architectural project. I accepted Herzog and De Meuron's invitation to collaborate on the design, and our proposal won the competition. From beginning to end, I stayed with the project. I am committed to fostering relationships between a city and its architecture. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#am #architectural #architecture #beginning #beijing

The 'Bird's Nest' National Stadium, which I helped to conceive, is designed to embody the Olympic spirit of 'fair competition.' It tells people that freedom is possible but needs fairness, courage and strength. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#competition #conceive #courage #designed #embody

There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that Saddam Hussein had and used significant weapons of mass destruction on his own people, both the Kurds and the Iranians. ↗

— Curt Weldon

#both #destruction #doubt #had #his

If you do an American TV series, before the audition you sign away the next five years of your life. ↗

— Dominic West

#audition #away #before #five #life

Memory is a magnet. It will pull to it and hold only material nature has designed it to attract. ↗

— Jessamyn West

#designed #hold #magnet #material #memory

I thank Marc Jacobs so much for giving me the opportunity to design a shoe for Louis Vuitton, but the thing that broke my heart most was when they said, 'You're finished. The shoe's finished.' ↗

— Kanye West

#design #finished #giving #heart #i

But, having a perfume and license, in general, is a financial necessity. A designer must, to reap back the money spent on prototypes and all that sort of thing. ↗

— Vivienne Westwood

#designer #financial #general #having #license

I didn't want to be a fashion designer, and for a good half of my career I didn't like it. I always wanted to do other things. ↗

— Vivienne Westwood

#career #designer #fashion #fashion designer #good

I'm a fashion designer and people think, what do I know? ↗

— Vivienne Westwood

#fashion #fashion designer #i #know #people

I'm not sure what I think about current fashion, though. A few years ago, I would have said it's really, really bad and you hardly ever see anybody looking good. There must be some very good designers in the world. ↗

— Vivienne Westwood

#ago #anybody #bad #current #designers