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I sought excitement and, taking chances, I was all ready to fail in order to achieve something large.
Raymond Loewy
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Raymond Loewy
Age: 92 †
Born: 1893
Born: November 5
Died: 1986
Died: July 14
Car Designer
Designer
Industrial Designer
Postage Stamp Designer
Paris
France
Raymond Fernand Loewy
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I believe one should design for the advantage of the largest mass of people, first and always. That takes care of ideologies and sociologies.
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No manufacturer, from General Motors to the Little Lulu Novelty Company, would think of putting a product on the market without benefit of a designer.
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Good design is not an applied veneer.
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