I just want to create, and socializing is part of the experience. It might sound crazy, but I don't see myself in the jewelry business. It's an experience.

I like the pause that tea allows

My inspiration is always love and history, and my passion to a fault is craftsmanship and responsibility. Those are the simplest things. It goes beyond jewelry. It's every part of my life.

My mission in life is to preserve craftsmanship.

I travel a lot, and I hunt for fabrics, then I have the tailor make me something.

I create with my heart, so life and work inevitably intersect all too often.

I love driving in the city at night.

It's beyond my control how I'm perceived.

I have always had a sense of curiosity and aspiration.

My inspiration is love and history.

My friends are a huge part of my inspiration.

God’s forgiveness is greater than the devil’s hate.

Our vocabulary may become a real time algorithmic word bank. Could you imagine having a conversation like that? Where the meaning of words constantly adapts?

Repression is dangerous. It makes anvils of memories and drops them from impossible heights when you least expect it.

The last day is way shorter than counting to ten.

The price of a college education should never include a 1 in 5 chance of being sexually assaulted.

I was going to middle school in Berkley, and I did not fit in at all. Like a lot of kids, I found theater to be a good place for me.

Ultimately, no one can extract from things, books included, more than he already knows.

How to fool yourself into feeling younger: When you go to restaurants, always check a coat and a skateboard.

Mentoring is a brain to pick, an ear to listen, and a push in the right direction.

IBM needed - an enormous sense of urgency.