Artists change how we see the world - and that can have value in the way people do business.

Videogames are indeed design: They're sophisticated virtual machines that echo the mechanical systems inside cars.

The difference between closing or opening your eyes is the choice between the imagined vs real. Blinking is only human.

Teaching is the rare profession where the customer isn't always right and needs to be told so appropriately.

Museums are important. Design and art schools are important because they show how it should be done at the highest level of quality. Once people are exposed to quality, they recognize it right away and they appreciate it. People's tastes are changed by exposure to quality. Unless they can see it they can't want it. That's the brilliance of Apple - they provide quality in design.

One of the challenges to our nation today is overcoming the notion that art is kind of a nice-to-have, when in reality art is a need-to-have.

What’s next for technology and design? A lot less thinking about technology for technology’s sake, and a lot more thinking about design. Art humanizes technology and makes it understandable. Design is needed to make sense of information overload. It is why art and design will rise in importance during this century as we try to make sense of all the possibilities that digital technology now affords.