I work very much on the principle that anything created by mankind has mischief and error hardwired into its inception.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
How inscrutable and incomprehensible are the hidden works of Nature!
Ideas are the root of creation.
I criticize by creation - not by finding fault.
Yes, I am well aware that nature - or what we call nature: that totality of objects and processes that surrounds us and that alternately creates us and devours us - is neither our accomplice nor our confidant.
Try as I do to comprehend the human project and my part in it, I am further than ever from understanding the monstrous everyday things that seem like self-evident truths and existential necessities to so many.
I try not to invent; I try simply to translate the weird language of the natural world. And I'm not into absolute ownership of things.
All of my work stems from the simplest of ideas that go back to the earliest civilizations: making clothing from one piece of cloth. It is my touchstone.
There is a good principle which created order, light, and man, and an evil principle which created chaos, darkness, and woman.
The Discovery was the most intricate, complex machine man has ever built. It's a testament to our time.
I think the fact that I created something and had an enormous influence is indisputable.