The avant garde is so narcissistic.

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.

I wouldn’t have been a health care nut if it hadn’t been for my paralysis, so something good came from this.

I learned in architecture that you have to have a real plan. You have to have a client, they have to have distribution, start-up money, and have a vision of where it’s going to go. All this has to be settled before you start, or else your work is just a story.

I’ve always believed that what can make a domestic setting truly home is the infusion of a cultural dimension.

I know that’s not something that people like to do – identify a favorite. But I do.

I have architects write to me and ask me: How do you – and what do you do to – design the magic thing? I answer that very carefully. It’s not necessarily about what you do, but the clients you do it for. You should write to Target, not me.

I don’t believe in morality in architecture.

My favorite is the garlic press. I think it’s beautiful as an object. But the awkward part of it all is that I don’t use it much because I’m allergic to garlic.

Architectural and product designs have a narrative capacity – you can start to tell a story about them and imagine a lot of things.