I once got a postcard from a French poet who wrote - "you don't know me but I'm always very grumpy when I get up in morning. But when I get up now I put the tea kettle on, and when it starts to sing it makes me smile - goddamn you!" That's what happened when we first designed it - we got a lot of mail.
If I have a style, I am not aware of it. - Michael Graves
If I have a style, I am not aware of it.
- Michael Graves
I learned in architecture that you have to have a real plan. You have to have a client, they have to have distribution, start-up money, and have a vi… - Michael Graves
I learned in architecture that you have to have a real plan. You have to have a client, they have to have distribution, start-up money, and have a vi…
I wouldn't have been a health care nut if it hadn't been for my paralysis, so something good came from this. - Michael Graves
I wouldn't have been a health care nut if it hadn't been for my paralysis, so something good came from this.
In any architecture, there is an equity between the pragmatic function and the symbolic function. - Michael Graves
In any architecture, there is an equity between the pragmatic function and the symbolic function.
I have no requirements for a style of architecture. - Michael Graves
I have no requirements for a style of architecture.
I've always believed that what can make a domestic setting truly home is the infusion of a cultural dimension. - Michael Graves
I've always believed that what can make a domestic setting truly home is the infusion of a cultural dimension.
I stayed true to what I thought was good design no matter who it was for. - Michael Graves
I stayed true to what I thought was good design no matter who it was for.
I once got a postcard from a French poet who wrote - "you don't know me but I'm always very grumpy when I get up in morning. But when I get up now I … - Michael Graves
I once got a postcard from a French poet who wrote - "you don't know me but I'm always very grumpy when I get up in morning. But when I get up now I …
Architectural and product designs have a narrative capacity - you can start to tell a story about them and imagine a lot of things. - Michael Graves
Architectural and product designs have a narrative capacity - you can start to tell a story about them and imagine a lot of things.
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