“The craftless anarchy of the Beat poets on the one hand, and the extre...” — Mark Helprin Quote

“The craftless anarchy of the Beat poets on the one hand, and the extreme control of Henry James on the other, suggest that for most human beings, just as both freedom and discipline are necessary in life, serendipity and design must coexist in a work to make it readable.”

“Writing is still my main career, but I would love, for instance, to serve in the New York State Assembly.”

“The trick in nuclear strategy is to maintain stability by balancing potentials and thus to discourage events from converting the hypothetical to the actual.”

“We design our world, while our world acts back on us and designs us.”

“When I was 17, I moved to Sydney to study set design at NIDA.”

“This is very much my philosophy as a fashion designer. I have never believed in design for design's sake. For me, the most important thing is that people actually wear my clothes. I do not design for the catwalk or for magazine shoots - I design for customers.”