Kevin McCloud Quotes

Even the details of a rifle, which are nothing but mechanical, if they are made carefully, with attention, become beautiful, satisfying.

We need to rediscover the essence of the meaning of 'the use.' Architecture is, above all, here for a better living. Every gesture, every shape must be justified by various reasons that would reinforce their reason to be, their use, and will give more sense to their beauty.

All fine architectural values are human values, else not valuable.

There is nothing in machinery, there is nothing in embankments and railways and iron bridges and engineering devices to oblige them to be ugly. Ugliness is the measure of imperfection.

Design is a vital component to the enrichment of our everyday lives. Japan has a very rich history and culture of design, and I feel it is a very important dialogue to open and keep evolving.

C'est véritablement utile puisque c'est joli. It is truly useful since it is beautiful.

The difference between utility and utility plus beauty is the difference between telephone wires and the spider web.

The Coke bottle is a masterpiece of scientific, functional planning. In simpler terms, I would describe the bottle as well thought out, logical, sparing of material and pleasant to look at.

I want to inspire children to be obsessed over jewellery.

I'm always drooling over great design, from fashion to furniture.

I certainly like it if the work is beautiful, but that's a surplus effect. I can only think about that after I consider how it's made.

To me, a building - if it's beautiful - is the love of one man, he's made it out of his love for space, materials, things like that.

I studied at a time when buildings were sterile things, and their creators were hands-off people - super-intelligent people, but you felt they didn't love the stuff buildings are made from.

The architect should strive continually to simplify; the ensemble of the rooms should then be carefully considered that comfort and utility may go hand in hand with beauty.

Well-building hat three conditions. Commodity, firmness, and delight.

Throughout the ages it has always been possible to point to good and bad architecture.

This may sound corny, but I've always liked to make things that were beautiful.

As if a device can function if it has no style. As if a device can be called stylish that does not function superbly... yes, beauty matters. Boy, does it matter. It is not surface, it is not an extra, it is the thing itself.

The best computer scientists are...technologists who crave beauty.

I have found that all ugly things are made by those who strive to make something beautiful, and that all beautiful things are made by those who strive to make something useful.

The main thing I need to do is create, hopefully, exquisitely beautiful, desirable objects for my customer.

The beautiful is as useful as the useful." He added after a moment’s silence, "Perhaps more so.

There is nothing truly beautiful but that which can never be of any use whatsoever; everything useful is ugly, for it is the expression of some need, and man's needs are ignoble and disgusting like his own poor and infirm nature. The most useful place in a house is the water-closet.

Beauty is as useful as the useful. More so, perhaps. (Le beau est aussi utile que l'utile. Plus peut-etre.)

I like my products to be smart in a technical way but to show the time invested in their creation, too.