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Someone once told me they didn't like taking the lid off the kettle because they'd just lose it in the kitchen, so we made a kettle with an attached lid that you slide. It was in response to that that we made one that did something different.
— Michael Graves
Tags: someone, lose, you, me

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The oldest book I have is a treatise on architecture from the 17th century.
— Michael Graves
Tags: oldest, century, book, architecture
Views are overrated; it's light that counts. I have an apartment in Miami's South Beach, and I get tired of looking at the ocean. Even that view gets old after a while. Sunlight streaming into a room - it never gets old.
— Michael Graves
Tags: never, ocean, tired, light
The avant garde is so narcissistic.
— Michael Graves
As a child, I was obsessed with drawing things, like Mickey and Donald. And houses. My mother was worried I'd become an artist.
— Michael Graves
Tags: child, like, drawing, mother
Good design should be available to everyone - and I do mean everyone. What I spent on the wheelchair I'm in could buy a small Mercedes. It's not only unfair to me; it's unfair to someone who's indigent but has the same needs. My goal is to make all objects affordable.
— Michael Graves
Tags: someone, design, me, good
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