"I try to rediscover why that object exists……" — Philippe Starck
"I try to rediscover why that object exists at all, and why one should take the trouble to reconsider It. I don't consider the technical or commercial parameters so much as the desire for a dream that humans have attempted to project onto an object."
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31 Quotes by Philippe Starck
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Getting to the heart of things, is never easy
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The more materiality there is, the less humanity there is
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Providing a real way to deal with the urgent needs of environmental issues that is accessible to everyone is the…
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The best everyday example of relativity, the finest symptom of human intelligence, is humor. (...) Design without humor is not…
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Freedom is the only style. That is why I never speak about beauty or beautiful products but 'good products'. Nowadays,…
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Elegance and honesty are two mandatory parameters for any human production.
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Design is a tool to help the tribe.
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Everywhere, I'm looking to reach elegance and intelligence.
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I have this mental sickness called creativity
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We have to replace beauty, which is a cultural concept, with goodness, which is a humanist concept.
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Anyone can build a building that protects people from heat, sun and cold. What I am determined to do is…
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Everything I have designed is absolutely unnecessary,
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