“We're very good in America at talking about stuff, often stuff to buy. We tend to talk about our iPods. We tend to talk about cars or new fads.”

“The real issue is not talent as an independent element, but talent in relationship to will, desire, and persistence. Talent without these things vanishes and even modest talent with those characteristics grows.”

“We're very good in America at talking about stuff, often stuff to buy. We tend to talk about our iPods. We tend to talk about cars or new fads.”

“To design is to communicate clearly by whatever means you can control or master.”

“If we don't have a vigorous questioning, aggressive journalistic community and mythology, democracy itself is in great jeopardy.”

“Computers are to design as microwaves are to cooking.”

“We’re always looking, but we never really see.”

“We are all born with genius. It's like our fairy godmother. But what happens in life is that we stop listening to our inner voices, and we no longer have access to this extraordinary ability to create poetry.”