I went to the woods because I wanted to live deliberately. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life. To put to rout all that was not life. And not, when I had come to die, discover that I had not lived.

社会源于我们的需求，政府产自我们的邪恶。前者通过凝聚我们的友爱，积极地增进我们的幸福，后者通过遏制我们的恶行，消极地促进我们的福祉。前者鼓励交往，后者制造差别。前者是庇护人，后者是惩罚者。

过去永远不会离开我们；我们把它藏在眼神和声音里。

发明是需求之母。

设计不仅仅是外观和感觉，设计关乎它如何运作。

我做事情不是为了回应或争议，我只是在过我的生活。

On innovation: "I think frugality drives innovation， just like other constraints do. One of the only ways to get out of a tight box is to invent your way out."