Kevin McCloud Quotes

Quotes about:

• 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 a physical embodiment of human energy, testimony to the magical ability of our species to take raw materials and turn them into things of use, value and beauty.

  Kevin McCloud

  Beauty, Beautiful, Philosophy

  65 Copy quote

• Building your own house is a primal urge, one of those universal genetic drives like the need to provide for your family.

  Kevin McCloud

  House, Needs, Building

  23 Copy quote

• Awesome is loud but awe is quiet.

  Kevin McCloud

  Quiet, Loud, Awe

  Kevin McCloud (2011). “Kevin McCloud’s Principles of Home: Making a Place to Live”, p.8, HarperCollins UK

  9 Copy quote

• The greatest architectural illusion is not Baroque fancy or Victorian flamboyant, but minimalism.

  Kevin McCloud

  Badass, Bad Ass, Fancy

  19 Copy quote

• Generally speaking, I think that if you do anything with commitment and passion, it will come good.

  Kevin McCloud

  Passion, Commitment, Thinking

  12 Copy quote

• Building your own home is about desire, fantasy. But it's achievable; anyone can do it.

  Kevin McCloud

  Home, Desire, Fantasy

  18 Copy quote

• 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 able to greenwash their products and feel good.

  Kevin McCloud

  Air, Order, Ideas

  Kevin McCloud (2010). “Kevin McCloud’s 43 Principles of Home: Enjoying Life in the 21st Century”, p.2, HarperCollins UK

  18 Copy quote

• 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 do and achieve.

  Kevin McCloud

  Home, People, Trying

  "Grand Designs: The home truths of Kevin McCloud". Interview with Patrick Collinson, www.theguardian.com. April 08, 2011.

  17 Copy quote

• 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 remembered?

  Kevin McCloud

  Cake, Events, Satisfied

  15 Copy quote

• I admire anyone that follows the road less travelled.

  Kevin McCloud

  Admire, Road Less Travelled

  4 Copy quote

• 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 being outraged about anyone.

  Kevin McCloud

  Hate, People, Wish

  7 Copy quote

• I cannot look at modern buildings without thinking of historical ones.

  Kevin McCloud

  Thinking, Historical, Looks

  9 Copy quote

• Architecture was pretty much the sexiest thing to be doing from 1700-1800.

  Kevin McCloud

  Architecture, Sexiest

  16 Copy quote

• As a property developer, I learned a long time ago to choose your battles wisely and that, unfortunately, compromise is a given.

  Kevin McCloud

  Long, Battle, Compromise

  7 Copy quote

• 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.

  Kevin McCloud

  Luxury, Champion, Essentials

  11 Copy quote

• I'm terribly fastidious. I like symmetry and neatness, but my house is as chaotic as any other family's.

  Kevin McCloud

  House, Symmetry, Chaotic

  "Grand Designs Kevin McCloud: 'My House Is as Chaotic as Yours'". Interview with Judith Woods, www.telegraph.co.uk. October 27, 2010.

  11 Copy quote

• Every breath we take as human beings damages the planet.

  Kevin McCloud

  Damage, Planets, Humans

  13 Copy quote

• Living an environmentally responsible lifestyle can seem like a Scrooge-like list of don'ts. Don't take that flight, don't buy that car, don't eat those blueberries flown in from somewhere far-flung.

  Kevin McCloud

  Car, Lists, Scrooge

  12 Copy quote

• I don't enjoy living in a white box flooded with light. I like shadows, small spaces, old furniture.

  Kevin McCloud

  Light, White, Space

  4 Copy quote

• I spend a frightening amount of money on books.

  Kevin McCloud

  Book, Frightening, Amount

  4 Copy quote

• 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 think.

  Kevin McCloud

  Thinking, Gutters, Wake Up

  5 Copy quote

• I don't want anything that I buy to have done any harm to anyone or anything.

  Kevin McCloud

  Done, Want, Harm

  8 Copy quote

• I'm not too fond of really cool design. I've got quite kitsch taste really, in things like tableware. I'm quite a sucker for 1930s pressed glass.

  Kevin McCloud

  Glasses, Design, Kitsch

  "Man about the house". Interview with Decca Aitkenhead, www.theguardian.com. October 10, 2008.

  8 Copy quote

• I've got a farm in Somerset, and I think it's God's own country. I love it.

  Kevin McCloud

  Country, Thinking, Farms

  6 Copy quote

• Building design isn't trendy.

  Kevin McCloud

  Design, Building, Trendy

  7 Copy quote

Page 1 of 2

← Prev

1

2

Next →

• facebook
• twitter
• googleplus
• email
• linkedin