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Well, I Never Studied Design And I Went To Art School To Study Art, You Know, Sculpture And Things Like That, And Ended Up Making Things Like Sculpture And Started Making Chairs And Jewelry Together And That's How I Started.

Studing Jewelry Gives You An Incredible Technical Background. If You Can Work On Very, Very Small Things, Then, I Think, Typically You Find It Easier To Go Bigger Rather Than The Other Way Around. I Think A Lot Of Architects Have Struggled With Small Things. Whereas If You Start Small, It's Easier To Get Bigger.

One Of The Best Things I Ever Did Was To Train In A Practical Skill. I Love Computers And They've Become Such A Part Of Life, Especially To The World Of Design. But It's Important To Understand That They Are A Tool, As Much As A Hammer Or A Saw Is A Tool. Computers Don't Help You Design. There Needs To Be More Emphasis On Training Young Designers In How To Build Things. A Good Writer Needs A Good Vocabulary. A Good Designer Needs To Understand His Materials And Processes. You Can't, As A Successful Designer, Pretend To Get Any Respect If You Don't Know How Things Are Made.

If You Can Just Be Yourself, Then You Have To Be Original Because There's No One Like You.

I Was Much More Interested In Making Things Than In Designing Them.