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The new architecture of transparency and lightness comes from Japa

The new architecture of transparency and lightness comes from Japan and Europe. – Arthur Erickson

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Only when inspired to go beyond consciousness by some extraordinary insight does beauty manifest unexpectedly. – Arthur Erickson

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Beauty
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Modernism released us from the constraints of everything that had gone before with a euphoric sense of freedom. – Arthur Erickson

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Freedom
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This great, though disastrous, culture can only change as we begin to stand off and see… the inveterate materialism which has become the model for cultures around the world. – Arthur Erickson

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Change
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A building has integrity just like a man. And just as seldom. – Ayn Rand

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architecture

Even at the United Nations, where legend has it that the building was designed so that there could be no corner offices, the expanse of glass in individual offices is said to be a dead giveaway as to rank. Five windows are excellent, one window not so great. – Enid Nemy

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architecture

A house is a machine for living in. – Le Corbusier

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architecture

It is not the beauty of a building you should look at its the construction of the foundation that will stand the test of time. – David Allan Coe

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architecture

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It takes vision and courage to create – it takes faith and courage to prove. – Owen D. Young

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The place where optimism most flourishes is the lunatic asylum. – Havelock Ellis, The Dance of Life, 1923

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Optimism

In corn, I think Ive found the key to the American food chain. If you look at a fast-food meal, a McDonalds meal, virtually all the carbon in it – and what we eat is mostly carbon – comes from corn. – Michael Pollan

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Food

I grew up in the southern United States in a city which at that time during the late 40s and early 50s was the most segregated city in the country, and in a sense learning how to oppose the status quo was a question of survival. – Angela Davis

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Learning