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Kevin McCloud
British
Designer
Born:
May 8
,
1959
Building
Money
People
Think
You
Your
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The more of your private life you put into the public domain, the smaller your private life becomes.
Kevin McCloud
Life
You
More
Put
Smaller
Becomes
Private
Private Life
Domain
Public
Public Domain
Your
I cannot look at modern buildings without thinking of historical ones.
Kevin McCloud
Thinking
Look
Without
Buildings
Historical
Modern
Cannot
Life involves other people and it is a compromise.
Kevin McCloud
Life
People
Other
Compromise
Involves
Architecture was pretty much the sexiest thing to be doing from 1700-1800.
Kevin McCloud
Architecture
Sexiest
Pretty
Doing
Much
Thing
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
People
Money
Achieve
Value
Look
Terms
Trying
Personal
Social
Homes
I don't want anything that I buy to have done any harm to anyone or anything.
Kevin McCloud
Buy
Any
Done
Want
Anyone
Anything
Harm
I don't enjoy living in a white box flooded with light. I like shadows, small spaces, old furniture.
Kevin McCloud
Light
Old
White
Enjoy
Living
Furniture
Shadows
Small
Like
Box
Spaces
Flooded
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
Great
People
Great Deal
Wish
Energy
Honestly
Resource
Say
Hating
Hating People
About
Outraged
Deal
Precious
Expend
Being
Anyone
Wasted
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.
Kevin McCloud
World
Pool
Top
Adrenalin
Equivalent
Off
Land
Paddling
I'm terribly fastidious. I like symmetry and neatness, but my house is as chaotic as any other family's.
Kevin McCloud
Family
Other
Chaotic
Like
House
Terribly
Any
Neatness
Fastidious
Symmetry
Building your own home is about desire, fantasy. But it's achievable; anyone can do it.
Kevin McCloud
Home
Achieve
Building
Own
About
Anyone
Fantasy
Your
Desire
I like the absurd and the surreal: the Coen brothers, Bunuel, Kubrick.
Kevin McCloud
Brothers
Absurd
Like
Kubrick
Surreal
Coen
Building design isn't trendy.
Kevin McCloud
Building
Design
Trendy
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.
Kevin McCloud
Me
Relationship
Opportunity
Building
Just Be
Live
Range
Inside
Gives
Outside
Environment
Countryside
Because
Encourages
Just
Want
Which
Formed
Fully
Your home should be about enriching the daily experience.
Kevin McCloud
Home
Daily
Experience
Enriching
About
Should
Your
Daily Experience
People have got to get over the fear of not being able to trust others. I come across people who are very successful in their own sphere, and really believe they can do it all themselves, but they can't.
Kevin McCloud
Trust
People
Fear
Own
Believe
Others
Sphere
Able
Over
Come
Got
Very
Get
Being
Themselves
Really
Successful
Across
Who
I've got lots of friends who are musicians, and there is a fair proportion of broken marriages and relationships as a result. You are on the move all the time. It's difficult if you have kids, and it's hard to make money unless you are in the premier league.
Kevin McCloud
Time
Broken
You
Musicians
Money
Result
Difficult
Relationships
Unless
Kids
Marriages
Proportion
League
Fair
Make
Got
Lots
Friends
Move
Hard
Premier
Premier League
Who
I'm terrified of being poor, I always have been. It's growing up as a Methodist. I'll spend that bit of extra money to get a better seat on a train sometimes, because it's quieter and calmer, but I refuse to spend money on clothes.
Kevin McCloud
Money
Better
Sometimes
Clothes
Extra
Spend
Bit
Terrified
Because
Always
Methodist
Been
Up
Train
Quieter
Get
Refuse
Being
Poor
Growing
Growing Up
Seat
I spend a frightening amount of money on books.
Kevin McCloud
Money
Spend
Books
Frightening
Amount
If you said to me, 'Lie down on that concrete floor and fall asleep,' I could do it. I can sleep anywhere at any time of day on any surface.
Kevin McCloud
Time
Day
Me
You
Lie
Fall
Down
Could
Said
Surface
Concrete
Any
Anywhere
Asleep
Floor
Sleep
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.'
Kevin McCloud
Hate
People
Word
Negativity
Say
Phrase
Like
Terrified
Frightened
Dislike
Really
Who
Every breath we take as human beings damages the planet.
Kevin McCloud
Breath
Every
Take
Human
Human Beings
Planet
Beings
Damages
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.
Kevin McCloud
Home
People
Important
Every
Incredibly
Bit
See
Magazine
Week
Mystique
Maintain
Soon
Welcomed
How
Dull
Lovely
Pages
I'm quite shy. Television presents an amplified version of yourself. When I'm on camera I'm pumping more adrenaline, I'm being a bit more engaging than I am in everyday conversation, but that's normal, isn't it? Otherwise nobody would want to watch.
Kevin McCloud
Conversation
Yourself
Everyday
Otherwise
Pumping
Bit
Television
Would
More
Adrenaline
Nobody
Am
Camera
Normal
Version
Than
Quite
Being
Want
Engaging
Watch
Amplified
Shy
Presents
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.
Kevin McCloud
Life
Work
Wake Up
My Life
Nothing
Think
All My Life
Gutter
Had
Recurring
Wake
Up
Why
Nightmare
I've had my fair share of colds, which last longer than they should and can cause wheezing, so I avoid people who are sneezing like the plague and am scrupulous about hygiene and hand-washing.
Kevin McCloud
People
Cause
About
Hygiene
Had
Share
Longer
Fair
Like
Fair Share
Am
Than
Which
Plague
Should
Avoid
Who
Last
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