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I'm just saying that there are high quality materials, and when we change them then there should be a way of changing them so that you can celebrate that change - rather than just 'mix it up'.

— Richard Rogers

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

We went into this with the utmost respect for the source material, but we recognized the need for change.

— Sam Wood

We won't be different for different's sake. Different is easy... make it pink and fluffy! Better is harder. Making something different often has a marketing and corporate agenda.

— Jonathan Ive

Still, we view that old material very much like we view the new material so if this gives us a chance to go out and promote it then, yes we will go out and do that.

— Geoff Downes

The shock of the way I mix patterns and fabrics can be disconcerting, but what I am trying to do is provoke new ideas about how pieces can be put together in different ways. I think this is a more modern way to wear clothes that in themselves are fairly classic.

— Jean Paul Gaultier

We're so quick to go to make things black and white, and to put things in their box. But everything is this mixture - and that's what this world is - is this blend of different things.

— Matisyahu

Recycling, packaging, businesses are changing all of those things because that's what consumers want.

— Jerry Greenfield

Material things are delightful, but they're not important.

— Richard Branson

If we have authentic, honest, earthy materials in our houses, we'll be more authentic, honest and natural.

— Alexandra Stoddard

✗Opposing Perspectives

Material things don't matter.

— John Catsimatidis

My favorite thing about decorating is mixing different periods and styles. If you have something that's old, and you really do want to mix those styles, then you have to add something that's obviously modern with it. You can't put a kind of a mediocre thing in the middle.

— Nate Berkus