“My own skin-care ritual is quite simple and straightforward; I don't l...” — Tom Ford Quote

My own skin-care ritual is quite simple and straightforward; I don't like a lot of fuss, surprisingly. My products are designed to make you look and feel better. I think there are a lot of men out there who want and need the same products.

You never make it, especially in this industry where you constantly churn out stuff, things. You never finish.

Advertising is, of course, important because advertise is the final design. It's the last layer that speaks to the customer, that tells them what you have.

A lot of the things I did - it's not going to sound anything but egotistical - if I'm lucky and I did the right thing, they will be at Zara way before I can get them in the store, and I don't like that.

In tech entrepreneurship, even a lot of hack events tend to be overly commercial in that they're designed to produce companies.

Primates are really well designed to see who is not keeping up their end of the deal.

In high school, I had a singing group, and I designed the outfits and made my friends' prom dresses.

I've been a printmaker and designed objects. I've done 500 posters.

I designed a guitar for Ibanez and then they started manufacturing it - it's called the Jem - it's 26 years old and I still play it. As a kid I liked Les Pauls and Strats, but they had limitations for the kind of playing I wanted to do.