Quotes by Marcel Wanders

Some people have a concept of design: that it should be without the maker. I have been educated in this way, the traditional way. But I am not naive. I know that we make my things, and that people want them. I am signing them - and I am winking at them.

M.A.C. stands for makeup, art, and cosmetics. We're about bringing all these worlds together - makeup, design, fashion.

I wear mascara sometimes, a little lip gloss.

I want to make sure people are connected with the future as well as the past.

Normally I don't care so much about food. I'm more interested in the people I'm with.

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

When I had just finished my degree show, I wrote down the 10 companies that I most wanted to work with, and B&B Italia was on the top of the list.

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.

People like their handbag more than their sofa, and I hate it.

I have 60 people working for me in my studio. That's luxury if you ask me. I just dream. Tell those people that I want a certain thing. Those people will then invest days, and sometimes months, in bringing that idea to life. What more could you ask for? That's luxury for me.