Hard work is a successful strategy for those at the bottom because those at the top no longer work hard.

Perfection of means and confusion of ends seems to characterize our age.

One of the biggest misconceptions about design is that it can make a bad idea into a good one.

The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.

Three o'clock is always too late or too early for anything you want to do. An odd moment in the afternoon. Today it is intolerable.

A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

The goal of design is to put asses in seats. Everything else is a rounding error.

I’ve often theorized that there are two kinds of designers: those who like to design things smaller than themselves (appliances, sneakers, phones, book covers), and designers who like to design things bigger than themselves (architecture, interiors, city plans, cars).

Cynicism is the biggest obstacle to change.

Poor people are crazy, Jack. I'm eccentric.