In Henry Adams, I discovered not only the prototype of the modern thinker but also someone who is more interesting: a viper-toothed, puling, supercilious crank, thwarted in ambition, aging gracelessly, mad at the cosmos, and ashamed of his own jejune ideals. He is nevertheless very dear to me.
The act of birth is the first experience of anxiety, and thus the source and prototype of the affect of anxiety.
Every building is a prototype. No two are alike.
I had to learn everything about manufacturing, patents and how to run a business, and eventually I came up with an prototype that worked.
Unfortunately, the client that exists today is still pretty much the prototype design.
I love taking an idea... to a prototype and then to a product that millions of people use.
Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers's Centre Georges Pompidou of 1971-1977 - the true prototype of the modern museum as popular architectural spectacle - wound up costing so much more than planned that the French government solved the shortfall by cutting support for several regional museums.
Once you understand business models you can then start prototyping business models just like you prototype products.
Everything about my journey to get Spanx off the ground entailed me having to be a salesperson - from going to the hosiery mills to get a prototype made to calling Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus. I had to position myself to get five minutes in the door with buyers.
My journey is about believing that people will actually stick around. It's a hard thing to believe when you don't have a prototype for it. I've had to develop that for myself.