Ugliness does not sell.

As a boy I had liked both drawing and physics, and I always abhorred the role of being a spectator. In 1908, when I was 15, I designed, built and flew a toy model airplane which won the then-famous James Gordon Bennett Cup. By 16 I had discovered that design could be fun and profitable, and this lesson has never been lost on me.

I believe one should design for the advantage of the largest mass of people, first and always. That takes care of ideologies and sociologies.

I alienated the automotive industry by saying that cars should be lightweight and compact.

Never leave well enough alone.

If America wants to make "made in America" a symbol of excellence and worth. They have to make everything of high quality, otherwise the best.

Good design keeps the user happy, the manufacturer in the black and the aesthete unoffended.