Martha Stewart Quotes

I love to design things that people can actually buy. I'm staggered by what a boot costs today.

I'd like to put together a think tank of people - economists, futurists, city planners, a few department-store people - to discuss reinventing the department store.

I shopped at T.J. Maxx myself when I was a kid.

To create something you want to sell, you first study and research the market, then you develop the product to the best of your ability.

It's like, on my solo stuff, every single person who buys the record, gets it. On the other stuff, the masses... when you have a hit on the radio, not everyone's going to get it. They are going to buy it for the hit.

I love taking an idea... to a prototype and then to a product that millions of people use.

The capitalist engine is first and last an engine of mass production which unavoidably means also production for the masses.

Capitalism is not simply mass production, but mass production to satisfy the needs of the masses.

I write to the vulgar more than the learned.

I'm interested in technology for the masses. Good tech design should not just be for enthusiasts but for the general public. It should be something that touches everyone.

Certainly, the human race can be fickle, and times do change, but overall, the barriers to bringing a product to market - and understanding what 'the market' wants - have remained unchanged.

I truly believe that we're about to enter a second golden age of design. The first one was in the '50s and '60s, when designers like Raymond Loewy, Charles Eames, George Nelson and Dieter Rams were shepherds of the brands they were working with. They had influence over the products and how companies communicated and promoted themselves.

When I first started at HSN, I knew that retailers would have to be poised to take advantage of technology and the rapidly changing ways in which people shop. It was one of the things that drew me to the company.

I always loved the retail entertainment sector, like FAO Schwartz, where it's a little more exciting than just going into a little corner deli candy place.

After leaving school, I got a job in a department store not dissimilar to Grace Bros in 'Are You Being Served?'

I love Wal-Mart, and not just because my record is there. You can get some things there that you cannot find at Saks or Bergdorf's or other upscale stores.

All American consumers have the same needs - to buy great consumer products, with savings and value, and with the convenience of easy delivery.

When you enter a Ralph Lauren store, it's almost cinematic, as though you're walking through someone's home.

If Wii was about gaming for the masses, then think of DSi as creativity for the masses.

I think an engineer has not matured until he or she has conceived of a product and participated in every stage of bringing it to fruition, if that makes sense. And not many engineers get to do all of those stages.

There's no line between a designer and consumer.

Selfridges - we just look; we don't shop!

We are huge fans of T.J. Maxx at our house.

There's absolutely no doubt consumers have more choice than ever, and the standards of all that provide food have improved over time.

More and more department stores are acting as the shop window for a range of retailers now, using space more efficiently to recreate the feel of the local market, creating new market opportunities for the small and the niche.