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«One of the things that seems to be common among those who tend to not be miserable is the ability to have concern [for], get pleasure from, and respect objects, people, and things that are of no immediate value to them. Respect for the thing that isn’t going to pay off tomorrow. Because tomorrow’s problems are going to be different, and the things that come to your rescue are often the things you learn to respect when you had no idea they were going to be of value.»

Ray Eames (1912-1988) and Charles Eames (1907-1978)

An Eames Anthology, Yale University Press, 2015. Quoted in Anthony G. Bowman’s article “The Designer as Renaissance Man”, Ameryka, October 19, 1971.

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Proporcionar la mayor parte de lo mejor al mayor número de personas por lo mínimo”

Charles Eames (1907-1978)

“A Designer’s Home of His Own: Charles Eames Builds a House of Steel and Glass”, Life, 11 de septiembre de 1950, p. 152.

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«El diseño depende en gran medida de las restricciones.»

«Design depends largely on constraints.»

Charles Eames (1907-1978)

"What is design?", entrevista de 1972 con L. Amic que sirvió de base a la exposición homónima, publicada en: Neuhart, John y Marilyn; Eames, Ray, Eames design. The work of the office of Charles and Ray Eames, Harry N. Abrams Inc. Publishers, Nueva York, 1989, pág. 14-15.
Charles Eames ¿Qué es una casa? ¿Qué es el diseño? Editorial Gustavo Gili, SL, Barcelona, 2007.

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«Design is a plan for arranging elements in such a way as best to accomplish a particular purpose.»

Charles Eames (1907-1978)

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«The details are not details, they made the architecture – the gauge of the wire, the selection of the wood, the finish of the castings – connections, the connections, the connections. It will, in the end, be these details that provide service to the customer and give the product its life.»

Charles Eames (1907-1978) and Ray Eames (1912-1988)

Charles and Ray Eames, ECS (Eames Contact Storage) film script, 1961.
Image: Charles and Ray Eames, Lounge Chair Wood (LCW), Vitra, 1945/1946.