“Everything I do is a symbol. Everything, has a meaning.”

—  Philippe Starck

Starck (1986) in: New York Magazine Vol. 19, nr. 39 (Oct 6, 1986) p. 30 ( online http://books.google.nl/books?id=CecCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA30)

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