Ettore Sottsass Quotes

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

Be patient, calm, compassionate. Know that existence is fleeting.

My furniture is an exercise in architecture or architectural mood.

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.

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

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

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