Decoration can be a state of mind, an unusual perception, a ritual whisper.

I make no special difference between architecture and design, they are two different stages of invention.

When I was young, all we ever heard about was functionalism, functionalism, functionalism. It’s not enough. Design should also be sensual and exciting.

My furniture is an exercise in architecture or architectural mood.

A chair must be really important as an object, because my mother always told me to offer my chair to a lady

Be patient, calm, compassionate. Know that existence is fleeting.

If you think you're meeting your destiny on the other side of a door you may not be interested in its design.

I try and be as stupid as possible regarding my profession, which means I try to look at as few design magazines as possible.

Raising kids is part joy and part guerrilla warfare.

Don't try to think outside the box- get outside the box, then think!

He walked to the bathroom and looked into the mirror, trying to see himself through her eyes. It was time to change his style, throw off the shroud of timidity and start living his life.

What did I get in return? Coldness and emotional detachment. You are selfish and bitter and you wouldn’t know a good thing if it fell out of the sky at your feet.

I need to do things on my own, need to be left alone.

I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings, and strictly honest who complained of bad luck.

I just didn't want to walk away from football without knowing what it meant to be a manager, or even wondering what it was like to be sacked.

Problem-posing education affirms men and women as beings in the process of becoming.

The good thing is that I have always had wonderful people around me. It's dangerous when you start earning a lot of money and you become famous when you are too young.

I never knew I had an inventive talent until Phrenology told me so. I was a stranger to myself until then!