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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.
— Philippe Starck
Renowned French Industrial Designer & Architect Known for Innovative Product Design
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That thing of me being anonymous and just the music that's moving the person.
— Nile Rodgers
Legendary Guitarist & Producer: Chic Founder, Producer for David Bowie, Madonna
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You know how difficult that is in a nightclub in New York at 5 in the morning? Everybody just stopped and started listening.
— Nile Rodgers
Legendary Guitarist & Producer: Chic Founder, Producer for David Bowie, Madonna
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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.
— Nile Rodgers
Legendary Guitarist & Producer: Chic Founder, Producer for David Bowie, Madonna
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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.
— Nile Rodgers
Legendary Guitarist & Producer: Chic Founder, Producer for David Bowie, Madonna
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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'.
— Nile Rodgers
Legendary Guitarist & Producer: Chic Founder, Producer for David Bowie, Madonna
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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.
— Nico Rosberg
Former Formula 1 World Champion, won 2016 title with Mercedes
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Read a lot. Never accept current standards. Always improve yourself. And remember, you always meet twice in life.
— Nico Rosberg
Former Formula 1 World Champion, won 2016 title with Mercedes
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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.
— Nico Rosberg
Former Formula 1 World Champion, won 2016 title with Mercedes
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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.
— Nico Rosberg
Former Formula 1 World Champion, won 2016 title with Mercedes
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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.
— Nico Rosberg
Former Formula 1 World Champion, won 2016 title with Mercedes
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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.
— Nico Rosberg
Former Formula 1 World Champion, won 2016 title with Mercedes
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His practice engages the broader public sphere through architectural projects and interventions in civic space.
— Olafur Eliasson
Icelandic-Danish artist known for immersive light and weather installations
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Eliasson strives to make the concerns of art relevant to society at large.
— Olafur Eliasson
Icelandic-Danish artist known for immersive light and weather installations
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Art, for him, is a crucial means for turning thinking into doing in the world.
— Olafur Eliasson
Icelandic-Danish artist known for immersive light and weather installations
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You have to be clear about the purpose of what you're making. If you're making a film that's going to cost a lot of money- inevitably it will be a commercial endeavor by a studio or financier- and you have a responsibility to make that investment worthwhile; certainly, if you don't, you won't be working in the industry for very long.
— Paul Greengrass
Director of Bourne action films and political thrillers