The Law of Raspberry Jam: the wider any culture is spread, the thinner it gets.

By challenging anthropocentricism and temporal provincialism, science fiction throws open the whole of civilization and its premises to constructive criticism.

Designer's derive their rewards from 'inner standards of excellence, from the intrinsic satisfaction of their tasks. They are committed to the task, not the job. To their standards, not their boss.' So whereas most people divide their lives between time spent earning money and time spent spending it, designers generally lead a seamless existence in which work and play are synonymous. As Milanese designer Richard Sapper put it: "I never work-all the time."

Change is the process by which the future invades our lives.

The future always comes too fast and in the wrong order.

Parenthood remains the greatest single preserve of the amateur.

You've got to think about big things while you're doing small things, so that all the small things go in the right direction.