RICHARD NEUTRA‘S QUESTIONNAIRE FÜR CLIENTS

1- who pays the bills in this family?

2- who will pick the tile?

3- did you play good cop bad cop before?

4- did you know view doesn't mean wall to wall glass?

5- did you know you need a construction permit?

6- did you know city requires setbacks?

7- do you know i don't do this for fun?

8- did you know when your parents built their house forty years ago, lumber was cheaper?

9- did you know when your parents built their house forty years ago, labor was cheaper?

10- do you realize jones' will always be richer than you?

11- did you know when a contractor says he'll throw in the design for free you'll get what you paid for; no design?

precisions

what is colour?
an intensity, a temperature, a clash, a harmony. 
how do you use it?
when it asks.
what is black?
an absence, a presence, a mood, a mantle.
what is red?
a blush, a flush, a fever, a command.
what is skin?
a protection.
what is fabric?
a medium.
what is texture?
a result of time.
what is construction?
a means to an end.
what is art?
a neet to reply.
what is craftmanship?
a fruit of time.
what is clothing?
the final layer.
what is fashion?
a series of propositions.
what is recycling?
another chance.
how does recycling fit into your work?
by nature.
how does a concept develop at hermes?
time, another question, another reply.
what would you like to develop besides clothing?
an understanding.
what words do you live by?
we.

- martin margiela