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William McDonough quotes: If you don't have an end game of something delightful, you're just moving chess pieces around.

If you don't have an end game of something delightful, you're just moving chess pieces around.

William McDonough quotes: We realized we don't have an invention, that's why we gave it away.

We realized we don't have an invention, that's why we gave it away.

William McDonough quotes: Not everything needs to be recycled.

Not everything needs to be recycled.

William McDonough quotes: Sustainability takes forever. And that's the point.

Sustainability takes forever. And that's the point.

William McDonough quotes: If anybody here has trouble with the concept of design humility, reflect on this: It took us 5,000 years to put wheels on our luggage.

If anybody here has trouble with the concept of design humility, reflect on this: It took us 5,000 years to put wheels on our luggage.

William McDonough quotes: We are all born artists ... Almost everything kids do is art.

We are all born artists ... Almost everything kids do is art.

William McDonough quotes: Richard Meier told me, 'Young man, solar energy has nothing to do with architecture,'

Richard Meier told me, 'Young man, solar energy has nothing to do with architecture,'

William McDonough quotes: Designing renders visible our hopes and dreams. It is the first signal of human intentions.

Designing renders visible our hopes and dreams. It is the first signal of human intentions.

William McDonough quotes: Imagine walking into a grocery there is a jar sitting there with a lid on it saying it's not carbon. That is ridiculous. It's an empty jar.

Imagine walking into a grocery there is a jar sitting there with a lid on it saying it's not carbon. That is ridiculous. It's an empty jar.

William McDonough quotes: I think the job of an original designer is to inspire.

I think the job of an original designer is to inspire.

William McDonough quotes: You need that same creative force that exists in a building like Disney [Walt Disney Concert Hall] to actually tackle that most prosaic of problems.

You need that same creative force that exists in a building like Disney [Walt Disney Concert Hall] to actually tackle that most prosaic of problems.

William McDonough quotes: Art is about going a little nuts ... Kids do art for fun. It's playing.

Art is about going a little nuts ... Kids do art for fun. It's playing.

William McDonough quotes: The magic question is, 'What for?' But art is not for anything. Art is the ultimate goal.

The magic question is, 'What for?' But art is not for anything. Art is the ultimate goal.

William McDonough quotes: It's going to sound strange probably. But I really like Frank Gehry's works.

It's going to sound strange probably. But I really like Frank Gehry's works.

William McDonough quotes: Here's where redesign begins in earnest, where we stop trying to be less bad and we start figuring out how to be good.

Here's where redesign begins in earnest, where we stop trying to be less bad and we start figuring out how to be good.

William McDonough quotes: In planetary terms, we're all downstream.

In planetary terms, we're all downstream.

William McDonough quotes: If you continue to act like an artist as you get older, you'll increasingly feel pressure. People will question your actions.

If you continue to act like an artist as you get older, you'll increasingly feel pressure. People will question your actions.

William McDonough quotes: In the end, the question is not, how do we use nature to serve our interests? It's how can we use humans to serve nature's interest?'

In the end, the question is not, how do we use nature to serve our interests? It's how can we use humans to serve nature's interest?'

William McDonough quotes: The surest way to heal an eco-system is to connect it to more of itself.

The surest way to heal an eco-system is to connect it to more of itself.

William McDonough quotes: The problem I have with carbon as a bad thing issue, is that people go out and say they want to be zero carbon. You see it everywhere.

The problem I have with carbon as a bad thing issue, is that people go out and say they want to be zero carbon. You see it everywhere.

William McDonough quotes: Designers are inherently optimistic people who try to make the world a better place

Designers are inherently optimistic people who try to make the world a better place

William McDonough quotes: If you don't like carbon, if you want to be zero carbon, then you might as well shoot yourself, dry up and blow away because you are carbon.

If you don't like carbon, if you want to be zero carbon, then you might as well shoot yourself, dry up and blow away because you are carbon.

William McDonough quotes: You don't filter smokestacks or water. Instead, you put the filter in your head and design the problem out of existence.

You don't filter smokestacks or water. Instead, you put the filter in your head and design the problem out of existence.

William McDonough quotes: Design is inherently optimistic. That is its power.

Design is inherently optimistic. That is its power.

William McDonough quotes: We prefer to talk about 100% renewable instead of zero carbon. When you say zero carbon, you are not positively defined.

We prefer to talk about 100% renewable instead of zero carbon. When you say zero carbon, you are not positively defined.

William McDonough quotes: We get jealous not because we're evil, but because we have little artists pent up inside us.

We get jealous not because we're evil, but because we have little artists pent up inside us.

William McDonough quotes: Honor commerce as the engine of change.

Honor commerce as the engine of change.

William McDonough quotes: The Stone Age did not end because humans ran out of stones. It ended because it was time for a re-think about how we live.

The Stone Age did not end because humans ran out of stones. It ended because it was time for a re-think about how we live.

William McDonough quotes: How do we love all the children of all species for all time?

How do we love all the children of all species for all time?

William McDonough quotes: Design is the first signal of human intention.

Design is the first signal of human intention.