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I'd love to be approached to do ordinary things more.
It all must start with an inspired, spontaneous idea.
I think LEGOs are one of the best toys ever developed.
There are no boundaries or borders in the digital age.
I've always listened to a lot of film music, actually.
If I had any dignity, that would have been humiliating.
How hard can it be to blow up a room full of gasoline?!
Never say 'I could have done that,' because you didn't.
The best designs are those that dissolve into behavior.
Noise is a parasite. Anything noisy is poorly designed.
I pre-dated the trend for large watches by about a decade
Sometimes my brain writes a check that reality can't cash.
My advice is keep your lips away from the spinning things.
Stand back! I gotta get some rocket fuel out of the fridge!
Novelty is a concept of commerce, not an aesthetic concept.
To create well I have to be in a good mood, happy and cool.
My designs are meant to attract the hand as well as the eye.
I don't know the difference between working and not working.
You know like it has its own personality, its own character.
Being a geek is all about learning the inventories of things.
I just had one of those 'what the hell are we doing' moments.
I don't like computers. I still like to do my drawings by hand.
We control the machine. At one point the machine controlled us.
And where I grew up in Australia, surfing was a part of culture.
People react positively when things are clear and understandable.
I'm fascinated with materials, with processes, with technologies.
When I design something, I think of it as a gift to somebody else.
When you have clay in your hands, it's hard to avoid making birds.
Products have to be designed in a way that they are comprehensible.
I was much more interested in making things than in designing them.
I am now standing in a mixture of cooling fluid, gasoline, and cola.
All too much of the man-made is ugly, inefficient, depressing chaos.
We designers have been working to stimulate people's souls and minds.
The difference between screwing around and science is writing it down.
sticks and stones can only break bones; but words can shatter the soul
I made the things particularly because I wanted them to see the world.
In Japan, Australia, and England there is such a strong youth culture.
I'm not gonna shoot anyone with the pellet gun... Not unless I have to!
I have a lot of objects in my space, little things, reminders, memories.
If you analyse the function of an object, its form often becomes obvious.
There's few things that get you over your own crap more than working hard.
I think it's really important to design things with a kind of personality.
Now I'm doing more snowboarding but I have to get back into surfing again.
Nothing works without details. They are everything, the baseline of quality
I can claim to have made the daily life of the 20th Century more beautiful.
There are women who are wishing that they were that piece of tape right now.
I believe that rules do not make us moral; loving each other makes us moral.
An object should be judged by whether it has a form consistent with its use.
They've been so bloody ruthless that you almost get no choice in the matter.
I find that your basic Internet chat board is way too vitriolic for my taste.