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The things I own are sacred.
Ambition is a beautiful thing.
My parents weren't cultured people.
Nothing grows old faster than the new.
Opulence doesn't cost more than boring.
An honest lie is better than a boring truth.
I wear mascara sometimes, a little lip gloss.
If you acquire things, you have to let them go.
I like to find areas where design has not yet gone.
People like their handbag more than their sofa, and I hate it.
In my studio, I forbid people to work if they have a down day.
I like transparency. I love to have views throughout the house.
Being open to the unexpected allows me to bring so much to my craft.
Being so rational, we have created a very simple version of ourselves.
I like swimming. I like the beach. I like fast cars. I like speedboats.
Food can be a material, and you can use it as a way to project concepts.
Beauty is very important, but it's not the most important thing in the world.
By training, I'm an engineer, but I don't tell anyone because it bores people.
I'm not a person who regrets - it doesn't make me smarter to regret something.
The works we do in Moooi are very diverse, very eclectic. That's how we like it.
Why would you spend your life and your time doing something that's insignificant?
Everything has been thought of before... the real problem is to think of it again.
Normally I don't care so much about food. I'm more interested in the people I'm with.
If I have any basic motivation, it's to inspire people to make their life a masterpiece.
I want to create the kinds of things that if the house burns down you want to run and save.
I listen to a variety of music. I like everything from old Arabic music to Portuguese fados.
A lot of my work is intelligent, a lot of the work is beautiful, but I make ugly things, too.
The 'Dezeen's of this world are extremely inspirational but have no realistic dimension any more.
If something is functional, you no longer think about it. I care about how meaningful things are.
Here to create an environment of love, live with passion, and make our most exciting dreams come true
I like my products to be smart in a technical way but to show the time invested in their creation, too.
I want to create a world with objects and surroundings that are human, more romantic, and less sterile.
Whatever you put around yourself, you will be the mirror of it. Surround yourself with things you love.
San Francisco is a lot like Amsterdam - free, open-minded and casual - though I expected better weather.
An object should elicit desire, and often it happens not because people need it but because they love it.
Luxury starts where functionality ends and where the true value is personal and so has no price or reason.
What's special about Amsterdam is that the city is able to connect worlds that are not otherwise connected.
I think architects design outside in. Or they design basically outside. They don't get in the building anymore.
For me, true kitsch has nothing to do with irony. It's very honest. It represents what people like, their dreams.
Design is a tool that allows us to reach out and inspire, to touch others and help make lives magic and wonderful
So much in design is presented as a big miracle when it's just a repetition of what's been happening for 80 years.
I want to create a body of work that is really, deeply important to people. One of the vehicles I use is business.
I collect memories. I look for opportunities to try new things, go to new places, and meet new people all the time.
M.A.C. stands for makeup, art, and cosmetics. We're about bringing all these worlds together - makeup, design, fashion.
To me, relaxing doesn't mean that we play ding-dong songs and look at a wall of bamboo. It's just completely unoriginal.
I wanted to go beyond the sentiments and needs of daily life to create a sense of wonder and find a new space for design.
When I wrote my book about Amsterdam, the main objective was to talk about the city's creativity rather than just its design.
There are many design companies, but there are few designers who organize their own business and open it up to other designers.
It's difficult for a company to be anywhere interesting in a world that is so dominated by prototypes and great and bright ideas.
I really feel that design has the capacity to communicate, and I really have concentrated on the communication of positive values.