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Genevieve Gorder quotes about people

American Designer July 26, 1974

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Genevieve Gorder quote: "Design can have such a positive impact on the way people live..."
Design can have such a positive impact on the way people live and on their relationships and moods. Genevieve Gorder
The Deep South has a completely different history, both good and bad, that is fascinating for everybody. It makes people work together who usually don't, and that sounds like a cliche in so many ways, but it actually happened... and it happened because of a beautiful idea. Genevieve Gorder
That was always my frustration with so many of these shows, because design is not an ambush... it's a relationship. You have to know how people move and live and work to be able to design for them. Genevieve Gorder
I think taking design out of the studio and really having a relationship with the people that you're making it for really convinced me of how powerful a thing design is. It's not just an aesthetic decoration. Genevieve Gorder
But instead of that stuff you get relationships with people and neighbors that you would never get in a city. People in small towns are a lot more open. Genevieve Gorder
It's about the power of design and the power of the human spirit. It's above paying anybody to do something stupid for money like reality television does - like ambushing people. Genevieve Gorder
Being on Oprah? You realize that there are a couple of types of audience members. There are like the cult people in the audience who are just crying before she gets on. And then there are the people who are playing it cool. I definitely was somewhere in the middle. Genevieve Gorder
I had been to the South many times and I thought I knew what the South was, but not until you live with people and live through their lives do you know what it's really about. Genevieve Gorder
You forget how many people watch TV until you come into a town like this. Everybody knows you, and I'm always humbled, especially when there are 500 little kids who all have their hair done like yours and want to be designers. Genevieve Gorder
Genevieve Gorder quote: "So, to really execute design in its highest form and making..."
So, to really execute design in its highest form and making people feel joy, that's a great reward. Genevieve Gorder

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