Botrini Ettore Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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form is always metaphorical, never totally metaphysical; it is never a 'destiny' but always a fact with some kind of historical reference.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

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

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

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

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

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

...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