Father Quote by Jim Peebles

My father and I share a passion for how things work, which in my case took the form of schoolboy fascination with machines and…

— David Linley

My dad is a carpenter, a joiner, and I used to watch him make things. So I always imagined that I'd do something where…

— Christopher Bailey

As a child, I was always interested in woodworking and making things.

— David Linley

My father was a master carpenter and builder. Architectural design, engineering design, mechanical design, three-dimensional views, that was my shtick, my forte.

— Bobby Seale

Ever since I was young I loved making things and being part of the design process.

— Maria Sharapova

When I was four or five years old, my grandfather showed me how to build things, paint, saw. Through years of fixing bikes, repairing…

— Tony Fadell

I came from product design originally - I had been designing dolls for a toy company since I was 16 - so I'm used…

— Jason Wu

[My father] did every kind of work imaginable from painting to shoveling to herding cattle. And he's always been such an inspiration to me…

— Johnny Cash

I've always had an interest in design, and I have always loved creating things.

— Jaime Pressly

As a child, I spent a lot of time with things like Lego, building trains, cars, complex structures, and I really liked that.

— Sebastian Thrun

As soon as I could ride a bike... I was always riding over to the Museum of Science and Industry to explore. It's where…

— John M. Grunsfeld

I was always making things. I made model airplanes and did a number of hands-on activities. I liked creating in some form or another,…

— Paul Smith