Robin Day Quotes & Sayings
18 most famous Robin Day quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for him. He was a British journalist who passed away on 6 August, 2000.
“I think there's a tendency for modern man to become dominated by gadgets and machines, taking us further and further away from the things I've been talking about.”
“We used to get published a lot. And there was this vodka advertisement... it embarrassed me a lot afterwards.”
“I'm not against vodka - they just asked us. They put out some story about us entertaining international celebrities with vodka, which of course wasn't true.”
“I think it's really important to use your hands and get close to materials. To be up close to real things like rain and mud; to have contact with nature.”
“Magazines and advertising are flogging the idea that you have to keep changing things and get something new. I think that's balls - evil. But obviously that's your livelihood.”
“I would think twice about designing stuff for which there was no need and which didn't endure.”
“There's this very vulnerable planet of ours with finite resources. Architects and designers have, I think, a fair responsibility for conserving energy and materials, and making things durable.”
“Commerce is against morality. Morality is going to lose every time.”
“I think the first things that are relevant are that things should work well; they should function.”
“No one ever contributed anything to my designs.”
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