It all must start with an inspired, spontaneous idea.

Never leave well enough alone.

No manufacturer, from General Motors to the Little Lulu Novelty Company, would think of putting a product on the market without benefit of a designer.

Between two products equal in price, function and quality, the one with the most attractive exterior will win.

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.

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.

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