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I see architecture not as Gropius did, as a moral venture, as trut

I see architecture not as Gropius did, as a moral venture, as truth, but as invention, in the same way that poetry or music or painting is invention. – Michael Graves

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It was always my goal to up the ante on good design and rye devoted much of my career to this. – Michael Graves

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