Wisdom in fragments

Creation, whatever form it takes, must improve the lives of as many people as possible.

Renowned French Industrial Designer & Architect Known for Innovative Product Design

Art, for him, is a crucial means for turning thinking into doing in the world.

Icelandic-Danish artist known for immersive light and weather installations

An object must be useful before being beautiful.

Renowned French Industrial Designer & Architect Known for Innovative Product Design

No one has to be a genius, but everyone has to participate.

Renowned French Industrial Designer & Architect Known for Innovative Product Design

Subversive, ethical, ecological, political, humorous… this is how I see my duty as a designer.

Renowned French Industrial Designer & Architect Known for Innovative Product Design

Even when I reached the top, I never forgot where I came from. I wondered about the millions of my fellow countrymen who didn't have the chance I got and continued to languish in poverty.

World Champion Boxer & Philippine Senator

My hands have been known mostly for the leather gloves that I've used as an instrument to punish opposing fighters. Outside the ring, though, I want my legacy to be the man with bare hands that offered kindness and hope to those in need.

World Champion Boxer & Philippine Senator

I wasn't just fighting for myself. I was fighting for an entire country and millions of fans around the world who believe in me. That is why I will always give 100% in and out of the ring.

World Champion Boxer & Philippine Senator

There are really no defeats in life, just opportunities to become better, stronger.

World Champion Boxer & Philippine Senator

Looking back, it was one of the best things that could've happened to me. It was a rude awakening and it felt like my world was crashing in on me. It was a rough few days after the fight but instead of choosing to feel sorry for myself, I used the defeat as fuel for more determination.

World Champion Boxer & Philippine Senator

When I first laced up a pair of gloves as a 16-year old kid, it was January 2, 1995, and fame and fortune were not my primary motivation. I was fighting for the next decent meal and to provide for my family, the best way I knew how.

World Champion Boxer & Philippine Senator

100% of anything I have ever felt uncomfortable about, embarrassed about or tried to hide…. When I embraced those things and flipped the script…. I felt freer, happier and more capable.

Professional wrestler and WWE performer, known as AJ Lee

A lot of people assume that I would choose not to have bipolar disorder; but I'm grateful for it. I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world, because I feel like all the ups and downs have formed who I am, and made be braver, tougher… more creative and more capable.

Professional wrestler and WWE performer, known as AJ Lee

We don't change the world through opinions, we change it with examples. So I've been putting myself out there, reaching out and connecting.

Professional wrestler and WWE performer, known as AJ Lee

You have to show 100% genuine emotion and personality through everything you do and allow that to connect to people. You cannot keep things inside because you think people won't accept you, or will think you're strange; just let your freak flag fly.

Professional wrestler and WWE performer, known as AJ Lee

Early on, being told no helped me figure out what I wanted my yes's to be. I learned who I wanted to be from people telling me who I could not be.

Professional wrestler and WWE performer, known as AJ Lee