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Architecture is a language. When you are very good, you can be a poet


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No design is possible until the materials with which you design are completely understood

No design is possible until the materials with which you design are completely understood



Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together. There it begins.

Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together. There it begins.




We must remember that everything depends on how we use a material, not on the material itself... New materials are not necessarily superior. Each material is only what we make it.

We must remember that everything depends on how we use a material, not on the material itself... New materials are not necessarily superior. Each material is only what we make it.



A chair is a very difficult object. A skyscraper is almost easier. That is why Chippendale is famous.

A chair is a very difficult object. A skyscraper is almost easier. That is why Chippendale is famous.



I don't want to be interesting. I want to be good.

I don't want to be interesting. I want to be good.



We must be as familiar with the functions of our building as with our materials. We must learn what a building can be, what it should be, and also what it must not be.

We must be as familiar with the functions of our building as with our materials. We must learn what a building can be, what it should be, and also what it must not be.



It is better to be good than to be original.

It is better to be good than to be original.



Architecture is the will of the age conceived in spatial terms.

Architecture is the will of the age conceived in spatial terms.



First you have to learn to do something, then you can go out and do it.

First you have to learn to do something, then you can go out and do it.





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God's will is your deepest desires.

God's will is your deepest desires.



Emotional security is just as important as financial security.

Emotional security is just as important as financial security.



… between the irrational promoted in churches and the Darwinian pseudo-science taught in schools, a revolution in the way we understand reality is not only necessary but also long overdue.

… between the irrational promoted in churches and the Darwinian pseudo-science taught in schools, a revolution in the way we understand reality is not only necessary but also long overdue.



Unconsciousness spontaneity instinct ... hold us to the earth and dictate the relatively good and useful.

Unconsciousness spontaneity instinct ... hold us to the earth and dictate the relatively good and useful.



Any man that eats Chili and Cornbread can't be all bad

Any man that eats Chili and Cornbread can't be all bad



I'm a good person. I don't wish hateful things on people. I don't hate anybody. I know that I treat people right.

I'm a good person. I don't wish hateful things on people. I don't hate anybody. I know that I treat people right.



No person or thing hurting you is worth you hurting yourself

No person or thing hurting you is worth you hurting yourself



It was the worst moment of my life. The producer came up and talked me back into going on stage.

It was the worst moment of my life. The producer came up and talked me back into going on stage.



Thats the beauty of sport. Sometimes you laugh, sometimes you cry

Thats the beauty of sport. Sometimes you laugh, sometimes you cry



Each of us can, by ploy or gambit, most naturally gain the advantage.

Each of us can, by ploy or gambit, most naturally gain the advantage.




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