I have always learned to distinguish the important from the urgent.

You cannot plant an acorn in the morning, and expect that afternoon to sit in the shade of an oak.

Nothing can match the treasure of common memories, of trials endured together, of quarrels and reconciliations and generous emotions. It is idle, having planted an acorn in the morning, to expect that afternoon to sit in the shade of the oak.

The first stars tremble as if shimmering in green water. Hours must pass before their glimmer hardens into the frozen glitter of diamonds. I shall have a long wait before I witness the soundless frolic of the shooting stars. In the profound darkness of certain nights I have seen the sky streaked with so many trailing sparks that it seemed to me a great gale must be blowing through the outer heavens.

A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.

You know you've achieved perfection in design, not when you have nothing more to add, but when you have nothing more to take away.

To be a man is, precisely, to be responsible.