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Marc Newson

9 quotes

Marc Newson is one of those voices you encounter and immediately want to hear more from. The range of their thinking — from Design to Cool — speaks to an intellectual restlessness that shows in every quote. Our collection holds 11 quotes from Marc Newson, each offering a different angle on Design, Cool, Travel, Architecture, and Alone. One quote that captures their voice: "People kind of tend to mystify design and architecture by suggesting you need to train."

“To create well I have to be in a good mood, happy and cool.”

— Marc Newson

Cool

All Quotes by Marc Newson

“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.”

— Marc Newson

Alone

“I think it's really important to design things with a kind of personality.”

— Marc Newson

Design

“So if I want to buy a light in a shop and I don't find a light that I like, I think to myself what would I like? What would I like to buy? Then I started to imagine and design it for myself a lot of the time.”

— Marc Newson

Design

“To create well I have to be in a good mood, happy and cool.”

— Marc Newson

Cool

“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.”

— Marc Newson

Travel

“Design schools are good, I guess, sometimes I visit schools, but they are very very limiting.”

— Marc Newson

Design

“So if I design it and then go away, it's still living somewhere and it still exists by itself without me.”

— Marc Newson

Design

“People kind of tend to mystify design and architecture by suggesting you need to train.”

— Marc Newson

Architecture

“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.”

— Marc Newson

Design