It would seem that more than function itself, simplicity is the deciding factor in the aesthetic equation. One might call the process beauty through function and simplification.

Good design keeps the user happy, the manufacturer in the black and the aesthete unoffended.

Between two products equal in price, function and quality, the one with the most attractive exterior will win.

The most beautiful curve is a rising sales graph.

It's a simple exercise; a little logic, a little taste, and the will to cooperate.

The most reliable appliance has simplicity and quality, does what is demanded of it, is economical to use, easy to maintain, and just as easy to repair. ...It also sells best and looks good.

It all must start with an inspired, spontaneous idea.

I can claim to have made the daily life of the 20th Century more beautiful.

A designer must always think about the unfortunate production engineer who will have to manufacture what you have designed; try to understand his problems.

Ugliness does not sell.

Good design is not an applied veneer.

Good enough is never good enough.

On my first album I was wearing a lot of guys pants, baggy clothes and stuff like that. I was 17 and I was a little tomboy. And you would never see me wearing a dress or heels on my first record.

Whatever you say, say nothing.

The entrance strategy is actually more important than the exit strategy.

The film industry needs to confront the physical footprint of the way films get made.

Slow down in your pursuit of happiness and it's more likely to catch up with you.

It was emotional when Chrysler sold out to the Germans.

From an art perspective, I dont know how you get better than Beetlejuice. In terms of originality and a look, its 100% unique.

Stefan Sagmeister says that nobody innovates past forty-five, but I think he's wrong. I want to keep doing it.

The problem wiv some blokes is that wen they ain't drunk, they're sober.