Philosophy

Images are mediations between the world and human beings. Human beings 'ex-ist,' i.e. the world is not immediately accessible to them and therefore images are needed to make it comprehensible.

Pioneering British fashion photographer who revolutionized 1960s portrait photography

When you're behind a camera, you have this incredible power to freeze a moment in time. But with that power comes responsibility. You're not just taking a picture, you're creating a narrative, you're telling a story.

Scottish photographer and filmmaker known for provocative social documentary work

The camera doesn't lie, but the photographer does. And that's the beauty of it. Photography is about interpretation, it's about your point of view, it's about how you see the world.

Scottish photographer and filmmaker known for provocative social documentary work

I don't care about legacy, it's an old idea because we don't consume time like we did before. Time is now simultaneous – before, it was linear. Today it is a wall in front of us. When time is a wall, there is no place for legacy.

Renowned French Industrial Designer & Architect Known for Innovative Product Design

If a product is really good, time will give it the justice of beauty -that's real beauty, intelligence beauty, honest beauty.

Renowned French Industrial Designer & Architect Known for Innovative Product Design

We must never confuse the pipe with the content. Today, we are fascinated by the pipe and nobody thinks of what is within. There is a pipe full of intelligence, and a pipe full of shit. You have to choose the good one, not the fascinating one.

Renowned French Industrial Designer & Architect Known for Innovative Product Design

Life is just receiving a rope from your parents. A rope of a certain quality, with a certain diameter and of a certain material. Your only duty is to take the rope and try to make a better one. Your only duty is to make the best rope you can for your children, for the next generation.

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

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

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

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

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

I think it's always good to find a film which is a question and an answer. It's hard to do – and often, when you've already decided the answer before you make the film, you'll find the film is less successful. In a funny way- if you can frame your question accurately as something that you don't know the answer to- and use the film as a way of finding the answer- you'll get a more complex and engaging film.

Director of Bourne action films and political thrillers

I'm grateful to be alive during this time. I can't think of a better time than this very moment. Freedom without struggle is an illusion. I love problems. How we deal with problems defines who we are and what values we stand for.

Chinese Artist & Dissident; Prominent Human Rights Activist and Political Critic

Art is necessary for the human mind. Art is about our dreams, fears, and imagination. Art is about everything outside of the system. It is a death sentence for art when it is within the system.

Chinese Artist & Dissident; Prominent Human Rights Activist and Political Critic