Monday, 23 January 2023

Quotes: George Sowden

"[Ettore] Sottsass didn't care about copyright and neither do Nathalie [Du Pasquier] and I. People who copy designs aren't worth bothering about: they don't know what to do themselves and in that sense it is quite sad. They are using someone else's energy and diluting it. Creativity is a sacred thing, and if there's a copy of a copy of a copy, it doesn't produce anything except stupidity." 

–– George Sowden (b. 1942), British designer and product developer 

Source: Emma Love. 'Working in Memphis.' Elle Decoration UK, March 2016, p. 136-141. Quote is from page 141. 

via: Sketchbook 28, 2016, p. 91. 

No comments: