Elegance in objects is everybody’s right, and it shouldn’t cost more than ugliness.

I want people to understand that design is so much more than cute chairs - that it is first and foremost everything that is around us in our life.

Ugly design should be rejected, just like nonfunctional design is rejected, just like nonenvironmentally conscious design should be rejected. It's a value.

Elegance in objects is everybody’s right, and it shouldn’t cost more than ugliness.

Not all design is for the general good.

Small objects, like the Walkman first and then the iPod, create bubbles of space around us that enable us to have a metaphysical space that is much bigger than our physical space.

The idea of being able to build things bottom up, atom by atom, has made [scientists] all into tinkerers. And all of a sudden scientists are seeking designers, just like designers are seeking scientists.