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

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

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.

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.

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.

She can’t worry. She can’t ‘fix.’ She can’t love.

When you're in love, there's nothing that can embarrass or surprise you.

Love remains forever young in their moments of togetherness.

'Ah John A. John A. how I love you! How I wish I could trust you!

The breakthrough innovations come when the tension is greatest and the resources are most limited. That's when people are actually a lot more open to rethinking the fundamental way they do business.

The real disturbers of the peace are those who, in a free state, seek to curtail the liberty of judgment which they are unable to tyrannize over.

Companies that build scale for the benefit of their customers and shareholders more often succeed over time.

I like a guy who makes me laugh, doesn't care about the fame, the show, he just likes me for me, he likes Nicole.

Business enterprise is an organ of society. There is only one valid definition of business purpose: to create a customer.

I like to drink to suit my location.