I think I'm actually quite a materialistic person, I value what it takes to make a car or build a nice house. Money does change things, but how it changes people depends on how they react to it.
“Never play anything that don't sound right. You might not make any money, but at least you won't get hostile with yourself.”
“The story of civilization is, in a sense, the story of engineering - that long and arduous struggle to make the forces of nature work for man's good.”