Robin Day
Robin Day
Sir Robin Daywas a British political broadcaster and commentator...
ProfessionTV Show Host
Date of Birth24 October 1923
relevant work
I think the first things that are relevant are that things should work well; they should function.
advertising vodka used
We used to get published a lot. And there was this vodka advertisement... it embarrassed me a lot afterwards.
motherhood morality commerce
Commerce is against morality. Morality is going to lose every time.
freak climbs i-can
I can't climb very seriously now but I was a bit of a freak.
stories vodka entertaining
I'm not against vodka - they just asked us. They put out some story about us entertaining international celebrities with vodka, which of course wasn't true.
thinking ideas new-day
Magazines and advertising are flogging the idea that you have to keep changing things and get something new. I think that's balls - evil. But obviously that's your livelihood.
television emotion strikes
Television thrives on unreason, and unreason thrives on television. It strikes at the emotions rather than the intellect.
along economics materials poetry terms
That construction techniques, materials and economics are relevant. Along with that, hopefully, some poetry and pleasantness in terms of looks.
thinking design stuff
I would think twice about designing stuff for which there was no need and which didn't endure.
No one ever contributed anything to my designs.
But I think it's important that things endure.