"To me, product design isn’t about making things beautiful—it’s about solving problems simply. The beauty follows." – Robin Stummvoll
"To me, that is why I like being a craftsman... this is my heart, it's my soul. It's a piece of myself that I am giving to another person." - James Trussart
“Fast is not really my model of building. It’s about doing it accurately, cleanly, and getting a good result.” – Isaac Jang
"When I string up a guitar for the first time, I’m always in awe. It’s just a few bits of wood and some glue—and now it’s making music. It never gets old. It never loses its magic." – Michael Greenfield
"I just build what feels honest—and trust that someone will connect with it." – Mike Sankey
"I was born a political refugee... that fight, that survival instinct—it shapes everything I do." – Adriano Sérgio
"I never did it the conventional way—just picked up a jigsaw, bought some wood, and kept building." – Stephen McSwain
"I wanted it to look simple—something you'd recognize as a guitar—but behind that simplicity is a completely different concept." – Enrico Di Donato
*"When you make these kinds of guitars, at a certain point it needs an additional dimension of story." – Michael Spalt
"We spend a month building a fingerboard no one will ever see. That’s the difference between art and just making a product." – Randy Parsons