The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design.
Successful design is not the achievement of perfection but the minimization and accommodation of imperfection.
A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
Good design is making something intelligible and memorable. Great design is making something memorable and meaningful.
The principle of the design - the harmony, rhythm and balance are all the same with interior and fashion design.
A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design, manufacturing... layout, processes, and procedures.
As an architect, you design for the present, with an awareness of the past, for a future which is essentially unknown.
I did not direct my life. I didn't design it. I never made decisions. Things always came up and made them for me. That's what life is.
A chair is a very difficult object. A skyscraper is almost easier. That is why Chippendale is famous.
You can design and create, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it takes people to make the dream a reality.
Design is a plan for arranging elements in such a way as best to accomplish a particular purpose.
Tesla is changing the paradigm. We're going to turn the world on its ear and create high demand through design.
Space and light and order. Those are the things that men need just as much as they need bread or a place to sleep.
Eventually everything connects - people, ideas, objects. The quality of the connections is the key to quality per se.
