“To create well I have to be in a good mood, happy and cool.”

“I have a lot of objects in my space, little things, reminders, memories.”

“People kind of tend to mystify design and architecture by suggesting you need to train.”

“You know that's history, that's why some people say that my stuff is retro, but I don't agree.”

“If somebody asked me about my inspiration I would say that it's not the peopleand it's not the things, it's travel and experiencing different environments.”

“So if I design it and then go away, it's still living somewhere and it still exists by itself without me.”

“Lost Time is never found again.”

“How you spend your time is more important than how you spend your money. Money mistakes can be corrected, but time is gone forever.”

“Men talk of killing time, while time quietly kills them.”

“She was bendable light: she shone around every corner of my day.”

“Over the summit, I saw the so-called Mono desert lying dreamily silent in the thick, purple light -- a desert of heavy sun-glare beheld from a desert of ice-burnished granite.”

“Love is a weapon of Light, and it has the power to eradicate all forms of darkness. That is the key. When we offer love even to our enemies, we destroy their darkness and hatred...”

“I was ashamed of myself for being ashamed of myself. I didn't like feeling like that.”

“I felt like a failure, like somehow my self-worth was tied to my ability to procreate. I didn't feel like I could talk about it. I did not want other people's pity, so I mostly kept my story and my...”

“My failures may be my greatest successes. It is in failure that I have often drawn closer to God, learn to depend more on Him than myself, gained self-knowledge, and seen things in their right pers...”