Ettore Quotes & Sayings

Once the curtain is raised, the actor is ceases to belong to himself. He belongs to his character, to his author, to his public. He must do the impossible to identify himself with the first, not to betray the second, and not to disappoint the third. — Sarah Bernhardt

Rule number three: Never assume. — Anne Fortier

Let me tell you, nothing puts you off your bar-food nachos quicker than a lecture on the color and consistency of slug secretions. — Lisa Shearin

...because there's a secret order. The books, you can't place them random. The other day I put Cervantes next to Tolstoj.
And I thought, if close to Anna Karenina we have Don Quixote, sure the latter will do his best to save her. — Ettore Scola

I make no special difference between architecture and design, they are two different stages of invention. — Ettore Sottsass

Mr. Bentley - He builds fast trucks. — Ettore Bugatti

Something is better than nothing — Ettore Grillo

Willem de Kooning as an artist is insane, Sonia Rykiel is amazing for her colour sensibility, and Ettore Sottsass was an architect and product designer who sometimes created clothes to go with his other designs. — Kelly Wearstler

Decoration can be a state of mind, an unusual perception, a ritual whisper. — Ettore Sottsass

Breakfast was amazing, and I say that having been married to a woman who could make a breakfast spread that would have made Gandhi stop a fast. — John Scalzi

If I became just a brain in a jar - as long as I can communicate back and forth with people, that would be okay with me. — Atul Gawande

Great organisations choose principles over people. When you give up on the principles, sooner or later you will break down. — Ettore Messina

When I was young, all we ever heard about was functionalism, functionalism, functionalism. It's not enough. Design should also be sensual and exciting. — Ettore Sottsass

I'd always been a fan growing up, and in high school, I was really into Tom Petty and Bruce Springsteen. — Bryan Hayes

It is important to realize that whatever we do or design has iconographic references, it comes from somewhere; any form is always metaphorical, never totally metaphysical; it is never a 'destiny' but always a fact with some kind of historical reference. To put an object on a base means to monumentalize it, to make everyone aware it exists. — Ettore Sottsass

My furniture is an exercise in architecture or architectural mood. — Ettore Sottsass

There is no doubt something will be done sooner or later to enable us to put on a house every day, just as we put on clothes or choose a book to read or a theater to go to, like choosing a day to be lived, within the limits grated by other destinies or chances. — Ettore Sottsass

I build my cars to go, not to stop. — Ettore Bugatti

Don't make me junk punch you Captain Obvious. — T.M. Frazier

The USPS is the only place in the world where you will find a black guy, a white guy, and a hispanic guy playing Filipino poker! And we love it that way! — Rhoda D'Ettore

When I began designing machines I also began to think that these objects, which sit next to each other and around people, can influence not only physical conditions but also emotions. They can touch the nerves, the blood, the muscles, the eyes and the moods of people. — Ettore Sottsass

Lazarevo drips you into my soul, dawn drop by moonlight drop from the river Kama. When you look for me, look for me there, because that's where I'll be all the days of my life. — Paullina Simons

If you think you're meeting your destiny on the other side of a door you may not be interested in its design. — Ettore Sottsass

Nothing is too beautiful, nothing is too expensive. — Ettore Bugatti

And werewolves are what? Just overgrown puppies? — Cassandra Clare

Small numbers make no difference to God. There is nothing small if God is in it. — D.L. Moody

I try and be as stupid as possible regarding my profession, which means I try to look at as few design magazines as possible. — Ettore Sottsass

Real strength has to do with helping others. — Fred Rogers

Be patient, calm, compassionate. Know that existence is fleeting. — Ettore Sottsass

I've had the good fortune of studying the 17th-century art of Amsterdam in preparation for a film. — Jack O'Connell

A chair must be really important as an object, because my mother always told me to offer my chair to a lady — Ettore Sottsass

In this culture, God is not the highest entity; mukti or liberation is the highest goal. We are willing to use God as a stepping stone, if needed. — Jaggi Vasudev