Ettore Sottsass
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"Ettore Sottsass" was an Italian architect and designer of the late 20th century. His body of designs included furniture, jewellery, glass, lighting and office machine design.

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The idea came very quickly - while I was talking on the telephone. You know how sometimes when you are on the telephone, you think you are speaking, but really your hand is going?

I was painting a lot after the war, influenced by automatic gestures and Pollock. But I knew there were better painters out there.