My mother and father were ...

My mother and father were interested in the arts.
 Ken Adam

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To be successful, you really have to put your ego in the background and try to be diplomatic to achieve what you want to achieve.
 Ken Adam
One thing that I think works in 'Casablanca' and which I've lectured a lot about - in terms of what I've been trying to achieve as a designer - is the film's creation of its own form of reality.
 Ken Adam