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If design is the first signal of human intention.


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To eliminate the concept of waste means to design things-products, packaging, and systems-from the very beginning on the understanding that waste does not exist.

To eliminate the concept of waste means to design things-products, packaging, and systems-from the very beginning on the understanding that waste does not exist.



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.



Waste equals food, whether it's food for the earth, or for a closed industrial cycle. We manufacture products that go from cradle to grave. We want to manufacture them from cradle to cradle.

Waste equals food, whether it's food for the earth, or for a closed industrial cycle. We manufacture products that go from cradle to grave. We want to manufacture them from cradle to cradle.



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.



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.



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?'



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.



Our goal is a delightfully diverse, safe, healthy, and just world, with clean air, water, soil and power – economically, equitably, ecologically and elegantly enjoyed.

Our goal is a delightfully diverse, safe, healthy, and just world, with clean air, water, soil and power – economically, equitably, ecologically and elegantly enjoyed.



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.



If we think about things having multiple lives, cradle to cradle, we could design things that can go back to either nature or back to industry forever.

If we think about things having multiple lives, cradle to cradle, we could design things that can go back to either nature or back to industry forever.





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Trust is a hard thing to win back.

Trust is a hard thing to win back.



Last night, I was a mad man searching for a whiff of your fragrance. The stars and the moon even laughed at me.

Last night, I was a mad man searching for a whiff of your fragrance. The stars and the moon even laughed at me.



30 degree to forget the girl I love150 degree to forget again360 degree to protect the girl I love

30 degree to forget the girl I love150 degree to forget again360 degree to protect the girl I love



Faith is permitting ourselves to be seized by the things we do not see.

Faith is permitting ourselves to be seized by the things we do not see.



If it weren't for the fact that the TV set and the refrigerator are so far apart, some of us wouldn't get any exercise at all.

If it weren't for the fact that the TV set and the refrigerator are so far apart, some of us wouldn't get any exercise at all.



A girl should have two things: a smile, and a guy who inspires it.

A girl should have two things: a smile, and a guy who inspires it.



Do you force your kids to pay attention to what's going on, or do you let them live their lives outside of it? My hope is that my child is a strong activist. That would make me most proud.

Do you force your kids to pay attention to what's going on, or do you let them live their lives outside of it? My hope is that my child is a strong activist. That would make me most proud.



In the end, the Labour party could cease to represent labour. Stranger historic ironies have happened than that.

In the end, the Labour party could cease to represent labour. Stranger historic ironies have happened than that.



You say, "But He has not answered." He has, He is so near to you that His silence is the answer. His silence is big with terrific meaning that you cannot understand yet, but presently you will.

You say, "But He has not answered." He has, He is so near to you that His silence is the answer. His silence is big with terrific meaning that you cannot understand yet, but presently you will.



A man must be strong enough to mold the peculiarity of his imperfections into the perfection of his peculiarities.

A man must be strong enough to mold the peculiarity of his imperfections into the perfection of his peculiarities.




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