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I try to create homes, not houses.


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Architecture appears for the first time when the sunlight hits a wall. The sunlight did not know what it was before it hit a wall.

Architecture appears for the first time when the sunlight hits a wall. The sunlight did not know what it was before it hit a wall.



I sense Light as the giver of all presences, and material as spent Light. What is made by Light casts a shadow, and the shadow belongs to Light.

I sense Light as the giver of all presences, and material as spent Light. What is made by Light casts a shadow, and the shadow belongs to Light.



We are born of light. The seasons are felt through light. We only know the world as it is evoked by light.

We are born of light. The seasons are felt through light. We only know the world as it is evoked by light.



The sun never knew how great it was until it hit the side of a building.

The sun never knew how great it was until it hit the side of a building.



A great building must begin with the unmeasurable, must go through measurable means when it is being designed and in the end must be unmeasurable.

A great building must begin with the unmeasurable, must go through measurable means when it is being designed and in the end must be unmeasurable.



Even a room which must be dark needs at least a crack of light to know how dark it is.

Even a room which must be dark needs at least a crack of light to know how dark it is.



Design is not making beauty, beauty emerges from selection, affinities, integration, love.

Design is not making beauty, beauty emerges from selection, affinities, integration, love.



A city is the place of availabilities. It is the place where a small boy, as he walks through it, may see something that will tell him what he wants to do his whole life.

A city is the place of availabilities. It is the place where a small boy, as he walks through it, may see something that will tell him what he wants to do his whole life.



Even a brick wants to be something

Even a brick wants to be something



The creation of art is not the fulfillment of a need but the creation of a need. The world never needed Beethoven's Fifth Symphony until he created it. Now we could not live without it.

The creation of art is not the fulfillment of a need but the creation of a need. The world never needed Beethoven's Fifth Symphony until he created it. Now we could not live without it.





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Human beings can reach such desperate solitude that they may cross a boundary beyond which words cannot serve, and at such moments there is nothing left for them but to bark.



You keep doing that and your camera is likely to explode.”“Are you crazy?” Alfred smirked. “My camera is like me.” “How so?” “It adores you, ” Alfred told him.

You keep doing that and your camera is likely to explode.”“Are you crazy?” Alfred smirked. “My camera is like me.” “How so?” “It adores you, ” Alfred told him.



You simply don't get to be wise, mature, etc., unless you've been a raving cannibal for thirty years or so.

You simply don't get to be wise, mature, etc., unless you've been a raving cannibal for thirty years or so.



Books and friends should be few but good.

Books and friends should be few but good.



Nor shall derision prove powerful against those who listen to humanity or those who follow in the footsteps of divinity, for they shall live forever. Forever.

Nor shall derision prove powerful against those who listen to humanity or those who follow in the footsteps of divinity, for they shall live forever. Forever.



I knew that I wanted to be a film actress and I never watched TV. I was always too busy.

I knew that I wanted to be a film actress and I never watched TV. I was always too busy.



A smile can open a heart quicker than a key can open a door.

A smile can open a heart quicker than a key can open a door.



Anything worth doing does not have to be done perfectly - at first.

Anything worth doing does not have to be done perfectly - at first.



I go four- wheeling in my truck. I also like to fish, cook, do stuff around my house. I even studied fencing for awhile.

I go four- wheeling in my truck. I also like to fish, cook, do stuff around my house. I even studied fencing for awhile.




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