I always thought we had an environmental problem, but I hadn't realized how urgent it was. James Lovelock writes that by the end of this century there will be one billion people left.

The only possible effect one can have on the world is through unpopular ideas.

I have considered voting Conservative because I am so against the Labour party.

Buy less, choose well, make it last. Quality rather than quantity: That is true sustainability. If people only bought beautiful things rather than rubbish, we wouldn't have climate change!

I'm different from any other designer, businesswise, in that I've built this company up and I own it. I never had business hype behind me to promote my image... My image is real... I have never had marketing people telling me what to do.

More people should read books. It's the most concentrated experience you can have.

Intelligence is composed mostly of imagination, insight, things that have nothing to do with reason.