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There's this very vulnerable planet of ours with finite resources. Architects and designers have, I think, a fair responsibility for conserving energy and materials, and making things durable. -- Robin Day
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
Every dish in the ferial cuisine, however, provides a double or treble delight: Not only is the body nourished and the palate pleased, the mind is intrigued by the triumph of ingenuity over scarcity - by the making of slight materials into a considerable matter. A man can do worse than to be poor. He can miss altogether the sight of the greatness of small things. -- Robert Farrar Capon
The biggest things in life are not materials. -- Carlos Slim
People who do stupid things with hazardous materials often die. -- Jim Davidson
I try very hard to handle things equally: ideas, materials, and images. -- Dan Colen
Chemicals are really simple. You mix a couple things together and sell it for more than the materials cost. -- Manoj Bhargava
Call me a schoolmarm, but few things make me angrier than people not taking good care of library materials. -- Tim Gunn
You want to have a toy and another toy, and that's not maturity. The biggest things in life are not materials. -- Carlos Slim
Manufacturers employ more than 14 million Americans doing what Americans do best, making things, building things, transforming raw materials into finished products. -- John Engler
You were born with two things: existence and opportunity, and these are the raw materials out of which you can make a successful life. -- Charles Templeton
I always believe in doing new things and using new materials that I have never used or that I didn't like for a long time. -- Miuccia Prada
We're constantly pushing these materials and processes to the extreme to see what will happen. It's an insight into things that you don't normally see. -- Jamie Hyneman
Anytime you work with materials that are deep parts of yourself, you feel revulsion at showing things about yourself that you don't want people to know. -- Janet Fitch
To me, a building - if it's beautiful - is the love of one man, he's made it out of his love for space, materials, things like that. -- Martha Graham
Toddlers are active explorers. They eagerly try new things and use materials in different ways. Toddlers want to be independent and they have a strong sense of ownership. -- Janet Gonzalez-Mena
Parents matter, buildings count, curriculum choices, materials, resources - all these things are important in a top-class education. But, in the end, it comes down to the teachers. -- Kimberly Quinn
Genius is nothing more than common faculties refined to a greater intensity. There are no astonishing ways of doing astonishing things. All astonishing things are done by ordinary materials. -- Benjamin Haydon
We have been measuring too much in terms of the dollar. What we should do is think in terms of useful materials-things that will be of value to us in our daily life. -- Charles Kettering

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