73 Quotes by Kevin McCloud

My favourite authors include Trollope and Dickens.

Awesome is loud but awe is quiet.

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

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

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

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.

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.

If you said to me, ‘Lie down on that concrete floor and fall asleep,’ I could do it. I can sleep anywhere at any time of day on any surface.

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.