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" We are borrowing money from future generations. We are borrowing the carbon impact, the resource impact from future generations to get stuff cheap now. We have swept the dirt and dust from our society under the carpet - but this carpet is on other side of the planet. "

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" 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. "

Kevin McCloud

House

Energy

Value

" The more of your private life you put into the public domain, the smaller your private life becomes. "

" I've got a farm in Somerset, and I think it's God's own country. I love it. "

" I don't look at what people do with their homes in terms of money, but the social and personal value of what they're trying to do and achieve. "

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

" As a property developer, I learned a long time ago to choose your battles wisely and that, unfortunately, compromise is a given. "

" Because I live in the countryside, I want a building which encourages me to have a fully formed relationship with the environment. It gives me an opportunity to not just be inside or outside, but in a range of contexts. "

" I'm really quite conscious of clothes and the way they fit and don't regret wearing anything. Not even the five-inch stack heels I wore with three-button high-waisters at comprehensive school. Regret is for wimps. "

" There's no reason for your imagination to be fettered by money. "

" My favourite authors include Trollope and Dickens. "

" Living an environmentally responsible lifestyle can seem like a Scrooge-like list of don'ts. Don't take that flight, don't buy that car, don't eat those blueberries flown in from somewhere far-flung. "

" Your home should be about enriching the daily experience. "

" I have a recurring nightmare that I wake up in a gutter with nothing. I've had it all my life. That's why I work, I think. "

" Architecture was pretty much the sexiest thing to be doing from 1700-1800. "

" You cannot use the democratic process for the procurement of excellence. "

" I hate negativity. I hate people who say the phrase 'I hate'. I really don't like the word 'hate.' Dislike, frightened of, terrified of, or yukky - but not 'hate.' "

" There's nothing you can do about busted ribs. You just have to wait for them to pop back into place again. "

" When I left university, I idled around without focus for much too long. "

" I admire anyone that follows the road less travelled. "

" My father, an engineer, was the gentlest man I knew. "

" Life involves other people and it is a compromise. "

" I like the absurd and the surreal: the Coen brothers, Bunuel, Kubrick. "

Kevin McCloud

Absurd

Brothers

" Building your own house is a primal urge, one of those universal genetic drives like the need to provide for your family. "

" I'm not too fond of really cool design. I've got quite kitsch taste really, in things like tableware. I'm quite a sucker for 1930s pressed glass. "

" It's possible to be satisfied with a day's work or a cake, but a life... what is a life but a history of events badly remembered? "

" If I welcomed people into my lovely home every week in the pages of a magazine, they'd soon see how incredibly dull it is. It's important to maintain a bit of mystique. "

" I'm driven by issues, not driven to be political. "

" I cannot look at modern buildings without thinking of historical ones. "

" A friend of mine once wrote a silly article about all these metrosexuals like David Beckham wearing sarongs, and she described me as a 'heteropolitan.' I don't know what that means. I think it was a joke. "

" Self-builders are the adrenalin junkies of the DIY world; it's the equivalent of base-jumping off the top of the Gherkin to land in a paddling pool. "