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."

The next major explosion is going to be when genetics and computers come together.

Profits, like sausages... are esteemed most by those who know least about what goes into them.

Parenthood remains the greatest single preserve of the amateur.

The computer is a greater threat to the [nuclear] family than all the abortion laws and gay rights movements and pornography in the world.

The biggest tragedy I had was the loss of my daughter from neuromuscular disease in 2000, at age 46.

Our moral responsibility is not to stop future, but to shape it...to channel our destiny in humane directions and to ease the trauma of transition.