My furniture is an exercise in architecture or architectural mood.

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.

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

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

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.

It was odd to have something so personal out there in that way, but the good thing about art is that no one necessarily knows what you mean by it anyway.

Find your truth and make your existence real as you choose it. Your creation is your own greatest gift. (Neings of Light via Joules)

I confess I love littleness almost in all things. A little convenient estate, a little cheerful house, a little company, and a little feast.

If the cops didn't see it, I didn't do it!

The universe is composed of an indefinite and perhaps infinite number of hexagonal galleries.

If anyone comes along, I'm more than happy to welcome them, but I'm not interested in world domination.

I'm upset. There was nothing like putting on the red shirt. (on retiring from international football)

One voice is tiny, and alone it cannot be heard above the din of politics as usual. The peoples voice, when it cries as one, is a great roar.

It seems to be impossible to hold a credible election without reforming the electoral system.

Culture is more and more consciously becoming a project carried out in the domain of language by, for instance, propaganda both governmental and commercial.