Marc Newson quotes

To create well I have to be in a good mood, happy and cool. (Marc Newson)
But to me, to be original is to be yourself. View quote
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And where I grew up in Australia, surfing was a part of culture. View quote
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If you can just be yourself, then you have to be original because there's no one like you. View quote
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I think it's really important to design things with a kind of personality. View quote
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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. View quote
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If I can feel freedom then I can create. View quote
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I was much more interested in making things than in designing them. View quote
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So if I design it and then go away, it's still living somewhere and it still exists by itself without me. View quote
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People kind of tend to mystify design and architecture by suggesting you need to train. View quote
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If you see something that you feel is familiar it gives you an important kind of emotional connection. (Marc Newson)
Design schools are good, I guess, sometimes I visit schools, but they are very very limiting. View quote
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Yeah, my dream would be to work for 6 months and then have 6 months to play, just snowboarding, surfing, and going to cool places to listen and be alone and kinda chill out. View quote
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I made some salt and pepper shakers a while back and waited three years for them to come. View quote
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I have a lot of objects in my space, little things, reminders, memories. View quote
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You know that's history, that's why some people say that my stuff is retro, but I don't agree. View quote
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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. View quote
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Then I started to do furniture and interiors for a friend and just to get stuff in a magazine, and then slowly started to build up and started to doing exhibitions. View quote
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I never buy magazines, I never even buy books. View quote
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I've always listened to a lot of film music, actually. View quote
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I don't have any furniture of mine in my room. (Marc Newson)
I was sort of open to do anything, I was free. View quote
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In Japan, Australia, and England there is such a strong youth culture. View quote
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I'd love to be approached to do ordinary things more. View quote
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You know some people say that you make watches or perfume bottles, it's all different things. View quote
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Marc Newson

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Occupation: Australian Designer
Born: October 20, 1963
Quotes count: 31