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A toothbrush is 28 grams of matter, 28 francs to buy and it's made to get rid of scraps of meat from between the teeth. Every gram of matter must provide its service as best it can. My trade is to be a producer of fertile surprises, an opener of doors in people's head.

— Philippe Starck Starck (1994)

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You must have your own responsibility, your own consciousness.

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I have refused everybody, including A-list celebrities.

Starck (2006)

Everything I do is a symbol. Everything, has a meaning.

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The world wants water not taps, the world wants warmth not a heater.

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This museum is like a ghost train—at every stage you find a surprise. Intuition prepares you for enlightenment, not audio-visual lectures. There's less to read, more to fee.

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