Thom Mayne's Quote - But I absolutely believe that architecture is a social activity th

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But I absolutely believe that architecture is a social activity th

But I absolutely believe that architecture is a social activity that has to do with some sort of communication or places of interaction, and that to change the environment is to change behaviour. – Thom Mayne

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The huge problem in our society is the enormous ignorance of the ideas that underlie modern art. – Thom Mayne

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My buildings dont speak in words but by means of their own spaciousness. – Thom Mayne

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The aesthetic of architecture has to be rooted in a broader idea about human activities like walking, relaxing and communicating. Architecture thinks about how these activities can be given added value. – Thom Mayne

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But I feel truly wowed by the architecture and the meaning of the architecture if you get lost in it and think about the man hours in the smallest little chapel, and the love involved. God its fantastic. – Paul Bettany

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For many years, I have lived uncomfortably with the belief that most planning and architectural design suffers for lack of real and basic purpose. The ultimate purpose, it seems to me, must be the improvement of mankind. – James Rouse

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That Moorish architecture is all over the place, of course. It affects me everywhere I see it, as it does so many people. But Brand Library was a special place to me, and I know Ive paid homage to it many times in my drawings. – Jim Woodring

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Architecture is to make us know and remember who we are. – Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe

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We become aware of the void as we fill it. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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Life is something to do when you cant get to sleep. – Fran Lebowitz

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The world is imprisoned in its own activity, except where actions are performed as worship of God. – Hindu Spiritual

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Selling out is doing something you dont really want to do for money. Thats what selling out is. – Bono

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