In designing hardware to be used every day, it was important to keep both the human aspects and the machine in mind. What looks good also often feels good
Michael GravesIn any architecture, there is an equity between the pragmatic function and the symbolic function.
Michael GravesI wouldn't have been a health care nut if it hadn't been for my paralysis, so something good came from this.
Michael GravesI once got a postcard from a French poet who wrote - "you don't know me but I'm always very grumpy when I get up in morning. But when I get up now I put the tea kettle on, and when it starts to sing it makes me smile - goddamn you!" That's what happened when we first designed it - we got a lot of mail.
Michael Graves