"One of the most positive things a designer can do is to refuse to do anything. You should always question the legitimacy of a product's right to exist."
- French designer Philippe Starck, Arena

"I have to process my own energy and get it out otherwise it will turn to poison and I'll go mad."
- Pop Star David Gray, The Guardian

"It felt great being in the studio together. Were we rusty? Not at all. It's like William Orbit said – you can put a chord in front of us and you've got an instant arrangement. We really do have an expertise in being Blur."
- Alex James, Blur bassist (pictured above), Select

"My spaces transcend theory and appeal to the deepest spiritual levels. My spaces relate to the fundamental aspects of humanity."
- Japanese architect Tadao Ando, Independent on Sunday

"My life has been so mad. If it's not the stalker, it's Mick Jagger on the phone."
- Pop star Norman Cook aka Fat Boy Slim, Esquire

"It's very vulnerable, it's very personal, it's very angry. Every happy/sad emotion I've felt over the past four, five years of my life has gone into that album. I felt extreme happiness and extreme loneliness, extreme vulnerability, then extreme in-controlness. I've more balance now. But I'm still a crazy mutha, man. Can't get rid of that."
- Mel B, Esquire

"I'm a voyeur. I love looking into other people's souls and capturing those souls."
- US actress and playwright Regina Taylor, Talk

"You have to believe, no matter if you're black or white. If you don't believe, you're gonna look silly. Even a black guy has to believe before he puts on a Sean John fur. It's not just a fashion, it's a lifestyle — you have to be a living part."
- Hip hop star Puff Daddy talking about his new clothing line, GQ

"I've just written a play about the Troubles, and the National won't put it on. There are too many middle-class, gutless bores running London theatre."
- Martin McDonagh, author of The Cripple of Inishmaan, Harper's & Queen

"I make women look beautiful. I make women look like goddesses. I idolise them. And they come to me and thank me."
- US designer Randolph Duke, Talk

"I'm like a fireman. When I go out on call, I want to put out a big fire, I don't want to put out a fire in a dumpster. I enjoy the freedom that I have earned to participate in the process, and I enjoy the responsibilities that attend to taking on these bigger roles."
- Harrison Ford, Empire