Quotes by

Charles Eames

The details are not the details. They make the design. – Charles Eames

Design is a plan for arranging elements in such a way as best to accomplish a particular purpose. – Charles Eames

Recognizing the need is the primary condition for design. – Charles Eames

To whom does design address itself: to the greatest number, to the specialist of an enlightened matter, to a privileged social class? Design addresses itself to the need. – Charles Eames

Choose your corner, pick away at it carefully, intensely and to the best of your ability and that way you might change the world. – Charles Eames

In architecture the idea degenerated. Design allows a more direct and pleasurable route. – Charles Eames