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."

Future shock is the disorientation that affects an individual, a corporation, or a country when he or it is overwhelmed by change and the prospect of change ... we are in collision with tomorrow.

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

The illiterate of the future will not be the person who cannot read. It will be the person who does not know how to learn.

The first rule of survival is clear: Nothing is more dangerous than yesterday's success.

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

It is always easier to talk about change than to make it.