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William McDonough [1951-0] American

Rank: 102
Designer

William Andrews McDonough is an American designer, advisor, author, and thought leader. McDonough is founding principal of William McDonough + Partners, co-founder of McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry with German chemist Michael Braungart as well as co-author of Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things and The Upcycle: Beyond Sustainability—Designing for Abundance, also with Braungart.

Design, Home, Positive, Power

Quote	Tags	Rank
Design is inherently optimistic. That is its power.	Design, Power	101
We achieved our mission to the moon. Let's look home from that lofty perch and reimagine our mission on Earth - that is what we need to do here. Together, we can upcycle everything. The world will be better for our positive visions and actions.	Home, Positive	102
Not everything needs to be recycled.		103
I am very focused on large-scale deployments of renewable power and how we're going to get this done. Imagine our military bases covered with solar thermal collectors that could generate steam and electricity.		104
The magic question is, 'What for?' But art is not for anything. Art is the ultimate goal.		105
We get jealous not because we're evil, but because we have little artists pent up inside us.		106
I see that idea that we need a new form as something critical. I mean, we do need to invent and not be benchmarking all the time. That's important to me.		107
I think the job of an original designer is to inspire.		108
I suggest we take our heads out of the tar sands and look up to see the sun. We don't own it, but it provides us all with great, endless value. So, too, the wind. These free, renewable sources of 'energy currency' are perfect partners to what we own together.		109
Art is about going a little nuts... Kids do art for fun. It's playing.		110
We are all born artists... Almost everything kids do is art.		111
If you continue to act like an artist as you get older, you'll increasingly feel pressure. People will question your actions.		112

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