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I don't want anything that I buy to have done any harm to anyone or anything.

I was never a hugely successful theatre designer. I painted a lot of scenery and did the lighting, and my lighting business grew out of that.

Kevin McCloud

I've got lots of friends who are musicians, and there is a fair proportion of broken marriages and relationships as a result. You are on the move all the time. It's difficult if you have kids, and it's hard to make money unless you are in the premier league.

Kevin McCloud

I'm not too fond of really cool design. I've got quite kitsch taste really, in things like tableware. I'm quite a sucker for 1930s pressed glass.

Kevin McCloud

I've got a farm in Somerset, and I think it's God's own country. I love it.

Kevin McCloud

I'm quite shy. Television presents an amplified version of yourself. When I'm on camera I'm pumping more adrenaline, I'm being a bit more engaging than I am in everyday conversation, but that's normal, isn't it? Otherwise nobody would want to watch.

Kevin McCloud

I'm terrified of being poor, I always have been. It's growing up as a Methodist. I'll spend that bit of extra money to get a better seat on a train sometimes, because it's quieter and calmer, but I refuse to spend money on clothes.

Kevin McCloud

Building your own home is about desire, fantasy. But it's achievable; anyone can do it.

Kevin McCloud

I don't enjoy living in a white box flooded with light. I like shadows, small spaces, old furniture.

Kevin McCloud

The thing that I champion is sustainability. My terror is that suddenly we see it as a luxury, not an essential. That's a danger.

Kevin McCloud

I don't want anything that I buy to have done any harm to anyone or anything.

Kevin McCloud

Living an environmentally responsible lifestyle can seem like a Scrooge-like list of don'ts. Don't take that flight, don't buy that car, don't eat those blueberries flown in from somewhere far-flung.

Kevin McCloud

I'm really quite conscious of clothes and the way they fit and don't regret wearing anything. Not even the five-inch stack heels I wore with three-button high-waisters at comprehensive school. Regret is for wimps.

Kevin McCloud

I've had my fair share of colds, which last longer than they should and can cause wheezing, so I avoid people who are sneezing like the plague and am scrupulous about hygiene and hand-washing.

Kevin McCloud

Your home should be about enriching the daily experience.

Kevin McCloud

As a property developer, I learned a long time ago to choose your battles wisely and that, unfortunately, compromise is a given.

Kevin McCloud

Every breath we take as human beings damages the planet.

Kevin McCloud

My favourite authors include Trollope and Dickens.

Kevin McCloud

You cannot use the democratic process for the procurement of excellence.

Kevin McCloud

I have a recurring nightmare that I wake up in a gutter with nothing. I've had it all my life. That's why I work, I think.

Kevin McCloud

If you said to me, 'Lie down on that concrete floor and fall asleep,' I could do it. I can sleep anywhere at any time of day on any surface.

Kevin McCloud

I'm driven by issues, not driven to be political.

Kevin McCloud

If I welcomed people into my lovely home every week in the pages of a magazine, they'd soon see how incredibly dull it is. It's important to maintain a bit of mystique.

Kevin McCloud

Generally speaking, I think that if you do anything with commitment and passion, it will come good.

Kevin McCloud

Because I live in the countryside, I want a building which encourages me to have a fully formed relationship with the environment. It gives me an opportunity to not just be inside or outside, but in a range of contexts.

Kevin McCloud

We are borrowing money from future generations. We are borrowing the carbon impact, the resource impact from future generations to get stuff cheap now. We have swept the dirt and dust from our society under the carpet - but this carpet is on other side of the planet.

Kevin McCloud