Kevin McCloud Quotes

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• The greatest architectural illusion is not Baroque fancy or Victorian flamboyant, but minimalism.
• Sustainability is now a big baggy sack in which people throw all kinds of old ideas, hot air and dodgy activities in order to be…
• The thing that I champion is sustainability. My terror is that suddenly we see it as a luxury, not an essential. That's a danger.
• It's possible to be satisfied with a day's work or a cake, but a life... what is a life but a history of events badly…
• Life involves other people and it is a compromise.
• A great deal of energy is wasted in hating people, and I can honestly say I've no wish to expend such a precious resource on…
• I don't enjoy living in a white box flooded with light. I like shadows, small spaces, old furniture.
• Every decently-made object, from a house to a lamp post to a bridge, spoon or egg cup, is not just a piece of 'stuff' but…
• Architecture was pretty much the sexiest thing to be doing from 1700-1800.
• As a property developer, I learned a long time ago to choose your battles wisely and that, unfortunately, compromise is a given.
• Building design isn't trendy.
• Building your own home is about desire, fantasy. But it's achievable; anyone can do it.
• Building your own house is a primal urge, one of those universal genetic drives like the need to provide for your family.
• Every breath we take as human beings damages the planet.
• Generally speaking, I think that if you do anything with commitment and passion, it will come good.
• I admire anyone that follows the road less travelled.
• I cannot look at modern buildings without thinking of historical ones.
• I don't look at what people do with their homes in terms of money, but the social and personal value of what they're trying to…
• I don't want anything that I buy to have done any harm to anyone or anything.
• I have a recurring nightmare that I wake up in a gutter with nothing. I've had it all my life. That's why I work, I…

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