"I like to be in New York. Le Corbusier described it in the 1930s as a 'wonderful catastrophe.' It is..." — Dieter Rams

All too much of the man-made is ugly, inefficient, depressing chaos.

I believe designers should eliminate the unnecessary. That means eliminating everything that is modish because this kind of thing is only short-lived.

I sit, I think, I make some drawings. As a designer, you cannot retire totally.

I am not an early bird. I go to bed normally between midnight and 1 o'clock, so it is understandable that I cannot be an early bird. I wake up around 9 o'clock.