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You must prune dead or dying wood.

I like a man who can build things. Whittle me something out of wood and I'm sold.

There's a basic kind of tension here. It's between those who say, I'd like to clear cut this forest and reduce it to saw timber because that's an economically productive thing for me to do.

I have blocks of wood all over my house; I spend all of my day knocking!

I love beautiful wood.

I don't like things that can be reproduced. Wood isn't important in itself but rather in the fact that objects made in it are unique, simple, unpretentious.

I don't want to make an 'Animal House.' I'm not interested in making 'Ghost Busters.'

A lot of designers still have nostalgia for the past. As for the furniture in the future, I hope they use less of real wood. Conservation in wood is necessary.

Don't cling to anything and don't reject anything.

Sometimes it's best to speak from ignorance: that way, you can see the wood without being distracted by the trees.