Top 4 Quotes & Sayings by Irving Harper

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American designer Irving Harper.
Last updated on December 22, 2024.
Irving Harper

Irving Harper was an American industrial designer. While working for George Nelson Associates, Inc. on designs for Herman Miller furniture, Harper became one of the most prolific designers of the modernist style. Among his important designs is the Herman Miller company logo, and the company's Marshmallow sofa.

I don't have a complex mind. — © Irving Harper
I don't have a complex mind.
At 93, I'm not looking forward to fame and fortune.
I never sold any of my pieces. I had all the money I wanted. Then I would have lost my sculptures and just had more money.
With a computer, there are too many choices, and I always liked working within limits. You know, if you look at Mozart, who had this strict classical framework - an allegro, an andante, a scherzo and a finale - you see that within that formula, he got results he might never have gotten if he had all the options in the world.
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