Luxury starts where functionality ends and where the true value is personal and so has no price or reason. Marcel Wanders More Quotes by Marcel Wanders More Quotes From Marcel Wanders You can go to any second-hand store and get an amazing piece - I have pieces from flea markets at home. You don't need to buy throwaway furniture. Marcel Wanders amazing go you home I like transparency. I love to have views throughout the house. Marcel Wanders like transparency house love Beauty is very important, but it's not the most important thing in the world. Marcel Wanders very important beauty world If I have any basic motivation, it's to inspire people to make their life a masterpiece. Marcel Wanders motivation inspire life people Every project has its own logic and parameters. In some objects, functionality is primary, and in others, it is rather inconsequential. Marcel Wanders project some own logic To me, relaxing doesn't mean that we play ding-dong songs and look at a wall of bamboo. It's just completely unoriginal. Marcel Wanders just look me play In tech, people want an object for what's inside it, what it does. You need to make a defensive design that people won't walk away from. A chair is aggressive - you want a customer to choose it from many others. Marcel Wanders walk you design people Inspiration has become this word that people tend to talk about as something from the outside. The truth is that... it is inside, like a burning fire: it is the feeling of certainty that your life has a meaning and you'll do something important. Marcel Wanders you truth fire life I think design is the expression of its time and culture. Marcel Wanders think design time culture When I wrote my book about Amsterdam, the main objective was to talk about the city's creativity rather than just its design. Marcel Wanders city creativity design book San Francisco is a lot like Amsterdam - free, open-minded and casual - though I expected better weather. Marcel Wanders free better casual weather Ambition is a beautiful thing. Marcel Wanders thing ambition beautiful When you look at the work you do every day, you do see things. But if you look at the work you did for 25 years, suddenly you start to get a more complete picture. Marcel Wanders day look you work