Quotes About Environment

My work doesn't speak about individuals (it's not portraiture in the traditional sense), it tries to speak about life in general in cities of the West - which is where I live and what I understand.

My work is strongly rooted in place and memory, in personal, formative experiences that took shape within very different environments.

I always prefer to work in the studio. It isolates people from their environment

work is elevated by our daily environment into something that is appropriately done everywhere and at every conceivable moment.

It's really hard to get any work done in my apartment when my bed is also in my apartment.

We stand guard over works of art, but species representing the work of aeons are stolen from under our noses

I think we will work our way towards a position that says that having more than two children is irresponsible.

Working at home is hard. It tends to give you bad habits. It feels more like you're going to work when you get up in the morning and leave your house and go somewhere.

Conventional turbines only work up to 200 feet, but capturing a small fraction of the global wind energy at higher altitudes could be sufficient to supply the current energy needs of the globe.

My work is inspired by my passion for human rights issues and the environment, and by my love of family, music and nature.

What the Paris agreement now does is say to China and India and other countries that are potentially polluting, come on board. Let's work together so you guys do the same thing.

We have eco-friendly shrimp. We can make them; we have that technology. But we can never have an eco-friendly all-you-can-eat shrimp buffet. It doesn't work.

I'm probably the only person who goes to work and says 'Wow, it's really nice here and sweet,' even in the competitive movie business.

Your environment will eat your goals and plans for breakfast.

This whole idea that we address environmental issues by not doing stuff just doesn't work.

Mother Nature comes up against reality, and the reality is that the system doesn't work.

We tend to be more environmental at home than at work, regardless of the industry we're in.

Saving the world happens one person at a time. Be at the front of the queue. Each one of us has to work hard to achieve our collective dream for a healthier planet.

Beauty is my heritage and my core. But my passion is design for the spaces where we live and work.

I work to promote the idea of sustainable capitalism driven by long-term considerations rather than quarterly profits, which seeks to better people's lives and the planet rather than destroy them.

Most of us live in artificial environments and then we go to work in artificial environments and the world becomes something that you see through a window.

Relegating conservation to government is like relegating virtue to the Sabbath. Turns over to professionals what should be daily work of amateurs .

I can't edit the materials I work with. My remit is to work with nature as a whole.

I have six acres in front of my own house, which I very rarely work on. Most of the work occurs on farmers' fields around me. And I like the discipline of working on other people's land.