It was always my goal to 'up the ante' on good design and rye devoted much of my career to this

In designing hardware to be used every day, it was important to keep both the human aspects and the machine in mind. What looks good also often feels good

My favorite project is always the next one.

Architecture is not all about the design of the building and nothing else, it is also about the cultural setting and the ambience, the whole affair.

If I have a style, I am not aware of it.

In any architecture, there is an equity between the pragmatic function and the symbolic function.

I have no requirements for a style of architecture.

Architectural and product designs have a narrative capacity - you can start to tell a story about them and imagine a lot of things.

I wouldn't have been a health care nut if it hadn't been for my paralysis, so something good came from this.

I've always believed that what can make a domestic setting truly home is the infusion of a cultural dimension.

I don't care what people call me, labels have the negative value of making smaller boundaries for people.

She moved to pinch me again but I blocked her hand. I'm no expert on girls, but when one tries to pinch you four times, I'm pretty sure that's flirting.

The anchor of my life is the grace of God.

Grammar, you're the pickiest noun I know.

I'd rather be tipping cows in Tulsa, than hailing cabs here in New York.

I don't make a lot of money, but I get to have freedom.

Sexism is real and it persists in film and television. I've seen female directors openly undermined by male cinematographers in front of the entire crew

Let God have you, and let God love you - and don’t be surprised if your heart begins to hear music you’ve never heard and your feet learn to dance as never before.

Only in America could you get away with the kind of comedy I did.

Wherever conversation's flowing, / Why must I feel it falls on me / To keep things going?

The only thing a man can take beyond this lifetime is his ethics.