Author: Kevin McCloud

Quotes

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

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

- Kevin McCloud

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

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

- Kevin McCloud

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.

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.

- Kevin McCloud

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.

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.

- Kevin McCloud

I was never a hugely successful theatre designer. I painted a lot of scenery and did the lighting, and my lighting business grew out of that.

I was never a hugely successful theatre designer. I painted a lot of scenery and did the lighting, and my lighting business grew out of that.

- Kevin McCloud

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?

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?

- Kevin McCloud

Building design isn't trendy.

Building design isn't trendy.

- Kevin McCloud

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

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

- Kevin McCloud

Life involves other people and it is a compromise.

Life involves other people and it is a compromise.

- Kevin McCloud

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