--- title: "1 Chairs Know Quotes by 1 author" description: "Browse 1 Chairs Know quotes by 1 author. Discover the best Chairs Know sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cd/david-levithan-67_industrial-design_it-s-an-old-story-julia-says-leaning-bac_751516.jpg" --- > [“It's an old story," Julia says, leaning back in her chair. "Only for me, it's new. I went to school for industrial design. All my life I've been fascinated by chairs - I know it sounds silly, but it's true.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-levithan/it-s-an-old-story-julia-says-leaning-back-in-her-chair-only-for-me-it/) [David Levithan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-levithan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cd/david-levithan-67_industrial-design_it-s-an-old-story-julia-says-leaning-bac_751516.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chairs-know/#itemlist", "name": "Chairs Know Quotes", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“It's an old story,\" Julia says, leaning back in her chair. \"Only for me, it's new. I went to school for industrial design. All my life I've been fascinated by chairs - I know it sounds silly, but it's true. Form meets purpose in a chair. My parents thought I was crazy, but somehow I convinced them to pay my way to California. To study furniture design. I was all excited at first. It was totally unlike me to go so far away from home. But I was sick of the cold and sick of the snow. I figured a little sun might change my life. So I headed down to L.A. and roomed with a friend of an ex-girlfriend of my brother's. She was an aspiring radio actress, which meant she was home a lot. At first, I loved it. I didn't even let the summer go by. I dove right into my classes. Soon enough, I learned I couldn't just focus on chairs. I had to design spoons and toilet-bowl cleaners and thermostats. The math never bothered me, but the professors did. They could demolish you in a second without giving you a clue if how to rebuild. I spent more and more time in the studio, with other crazed students who guarded their projects like toy-jealous kids. I started to go for walks. Long walks. 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