Marc Newson Quotes

If you're building a house, or doing anything, time is what you've got. Well, there's effort, but you need time. The more time you put into something, the better stuff you can make.

Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything.

Architect. One who drafts a plan of your house, and plans a draft of your money.

Done is better than perfect!

I enjoy construction and the process of building things, so maybe I'd be a developer of some kind - residential and commercial. Because I produce a lot of television now, I enjoy building things from the ground up, whether it's a physical structure or a show, and seeing them and realizing them.

Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly.

Shoe design is like architecture - with the finest structure and tight, precise seams, it suits my obsessive neatness.

I have never been on the trail of developers or contractors.

I don't see any difference between architecture and engineering. It's the same profession.

It is a terrific thing to get a building built that has the qualities of greatness in it.

Make every detail perfect and limit the number of details to perfect.

Only that which is well done is quickly done.

I focus on things that are the highest value and do them perfectly.

So, they have the same vibe of like that fun kind of spirit, but this one's a lot more serious. It's like, get it done, get it done right, you know? It's got to be perfect. We definitely do lots of takes on this.

It's actually very difficult to make something both simple and good.

It is not enough to get things done; they must be done right.

The difference between the novice and the master is simply that the novice has not learnt, yet, how to do things in such a way that he can afford to make small mistakes. The master knows that the sequence of his actions will always allow him to cover his mistakes a little further down the line. It is this simple but essential knowledge which gives the work of a master carpenter its wonderful, smooth, relaxed, and almost unconcerned simplicity.

Do a few things at mastery versus many things at mediocrity.

Bring your work back to the workshop twenty times. Polish it continuously, and polish it again.

There's a saying in the software design industry: "Good. Fast. Cheap. Pick two."

Everything can be improved.

Make no compromise in quality.

Ninety percent of the buildings we live in and around aren't architecture. No, that's not right - 98 percent.

The winners stun us not by their cleverness, but by the fact that every tiny aspect of the business is just a touch better than the norm.

Architects themselves tend to shy away from the word, preferring instead to talk about the manipulation of space.