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12 quotes by William McDonough

William Andrews McDonough is an American designer, advisor, author, and thought leader. McDonough is founding principal of William McDonough + Partners, co-founder of McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry (MBDC) with German chemist Michael Braungart as well as co-author of Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things and The Upcycle: Beyond Sustainability—Designing for Abundance, also with Braungart. McDonough's career is focused on creating...
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We get jealous not because we're evil, but because we have little artists pent up inside us.

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The magic question is, 'What for?' But art is not for anything. Art is the ultimate goal.

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We achieved our mission to the moon. Let's look home from that lofty perch and reimagine our mission on Earth - that is what we need to do here.... →

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Art is about going a little nuts... Kids do art for fun. It's playing.

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Design is inherently optimistic. That is its power.

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I am very focused on large-scale deployments of renewable power and how we're going to get this done. Imagine our military bases covered with... →

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I see that idea that we need a new form as something critical. I mean, we do need to invent and not be benchmarking all the time. That's... →

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I suggest we take our heads out of the tar sands and look up to see the sun. We don't own it, but it provides us all with great, endless value.... →

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I think the job of an original designer is to inspire.

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If you continue to act like an artist as you get older, you'll increasingly feel pressure. People will question your actions.

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Not everything needs to be recycled.

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We are all born artists... Almost everything kids do is art.

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