Good design is probably 98% common sense. Above all, an object must function well and efficiently-and getting that part right requires a good deal of time and attention.

The living room should be a place where we feel totally at ease - temple of the soul.

The designer's job is to imagine the world not how it is, but how it should be.

If our homes should provide anything, they should provide a sense of who we are and how we got here, a sense of connection balanced by a sense of direction and progress.

Furniture and food are ways that people define their attitude toward life. They'll buy better stuff if it's offered to them.

Hanging onto a bad buy will not redeem the purchase.

People whose talents are not exploited become disenchanted and disruptive.

Arguably the only goods people need these days are food and happiness.

I've never met a truly creative person who was happy and satisfied with life.

When you struggle hard and lose money, you're a hero. When you start making money you become a capitalist swine.

When you understand that everything you buy is purchased with a portion of your life, it should make you more careful with the use of money.

I'm not sure if there's truly a name for this kind of place aside from it being anything but remarkable.

Frightened people live in their own special hell.

There was this hot, yellowy stillness the air always got in the minutes before the last bell, as if it were stiffening itself to be shattered.

Success is not an accident, it's a result of the choices we make, based on principles we believe in..

It is startling to realize how much unbelief is necessary to make belief possible.

I consider biennial elections as a security that the sober, second thought of the people shall be law.

Winston Smith: Does Big Brother exist? O'Brien: Of course he exists. Winston Smith: Does he exist like you or me? O'Brien: You do not exist.

I allow a lot of room for improvisation and funny stuff. I always feel planned.

Beware of those who try to sell you simple answers to complex questions.