His work had a kind of velocity in the way things were made,

[A long friendship with Milton Glaser resulted in another intense collaboration.] We used to sit together and have long conversations, even though he did not speak English and I do not speak French, ... so we decided to celebrate our misunderstanding and do a book together. The book is a back and forth continuous tableau titled 'The Conversation.'

Computers are to design as microwaves are to cooking.

All the things you're not supposed to do at the beginning of your professional life - transgressiveness, arbitrariness and violating expectations - you find more attractive at the end of your professional life.

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

I do not want to say I'm a product designer. I've been trying all my life to not be categorized, to learn something and then to forget about it.