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

My furniture is an exercise in architecture or architectural mood..

...there is no doubt something will be done sooner or later to enable us to put on a house every day, just as we put on clothes or choose a book to r….

If you think you're meeting your destiny on the other side of a door you may not be interested in its design..

When I was young, all we ever heard about was functionalism, functionalism, functionalism. It’s not enough. Design should also be sensual and excitin….

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

When I began designing machines I also began to think that these objects, which sit next to each other and around people, can influence not only phys….

It is important to realize that whatever we do or design has iconographic references, it comes from somewhere; any form is always metaphorical, never….

I make no special difference between architecture and design, they are two different stages of invention..

Be patient, calm, compassionate. Know that existence is fleeting..

I try and be as stupid as possible regarding my profession, which means I try to look at as few design magazines as possible..