Wisdom in fragments

The first thing to do for our ecology is not to use less electricity, it's to cease buying things that are not useful.

Renowned French Industrial Designer & Architect Known for Innovative Product Design

We are the only species who have taken control of their evolution. We are animals who – one day – had an idea to become better. Billions of us have worked to make ourselves better – that's why we created the concept of God, an entity that is everywhere, that is powerful, that is the master of everything, that gives us a unique model for our society. Now we know God doesn't exist, and so we know we are better than that notion of God.

Renowned French Industrial Designer & Architect Known for Innovative Product Design

That thing of me being anonymous and just the music that's moving the person.

Legendary Guitarist & Producer: Chic Founder, Producer for David Bowie, Madonna

You know how difficult that is in a nightclub in New York at 5 in the morning? Everybody just stopped and started listening.

Legendary Guitarist & Producer: Chic Founder, Producer for David Bowie, Madonna

The only time I ever heard the song was in my head when I wrote it and when we recorded it that night. The next time I heard it was in a room full of strangers dancing to it.

Legendary Guitarist & Producer: Chic Founder, Producer for David Bowie, Madonna

Listen, I was so poor I couldn't even afford to get a copy of my own record. This is before cassette tapes, I couldn't even get an acetate made so I could go listen at home.

Legendary Guitarist & Producer: Chic Founder, Producer for David Bowie, Madonna

I walked in completely anonymous and meanwhile these people are responding to my work and have no idea who I am, and it was just 'this is the most incredible feeling in the world'.

Legendary Guitarist & Producer: Chic Founder, Producer for David Bowie, Madonna

Arguably, the biggest challenge we face right now as humans and as a society is climate change and the issues associated with our negative impact on the environment. So, this has become a key element of my business endeavours along with all surrounding technologies that help tackle this issue.

Former Formula 1 World Champion, won 2016 title with Mercedes

Read a lot. Never accept current standards. Always improve yourself. And remember, you always meet twice in life.

Former Formula 1 World Champion, won 2016 title with Mercedes

From a global point of view, we are currently in the middle of a technical revolution similar to what our grandparents experienced when everybody switched their horse carts for cars. The same is happening now and it is a phase of transition for many businesses.

Former Formula 1 World Champion, won 2016 title with Mercedes

I am a father of two small children. When you have children, you have to ask yourself what the world will look like in the next 80-100 years, because people get that old these days if everything goes well. Last but not least, as a father I see it as my responsibility to think about my actions and my motives.

Former Formula 1 World Champion, won 2016 title with Mercedes

For me it is extremely important that commercial interests and social benefits are not mutually exclusive, but that they can complement each other wonderfully so I always look out for products that are innovative, forward-thinking and offer a true value for society.

Former Formula 1 World Champion, won 2016 title with Mercedes

Having grown up and worked in this environment, I strongly believe there is a solution to everything as long as you are not willing to accept a status quo and constantly look for better results.

Former Formula 1 World Champion, won 2016 title with Mercedes

His practice engages the broader public sphere through architectural projects and interventions in civic space.

Icelandic-Danish artist known for immersive light and weather installations

Eliasson strives to make the concerns of art relevant to society at large.

Icelandic-Danish artist known for immersive light and weather installations

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