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My buildings dont speak in words but by means of their own spaciou

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

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Im often called an old-fashioned modernist. But the modernists had the absurd idea that architecture could heal the world. Thats impossible. And today nobody expects architects to have these grand visions any more. – Thom Mayne

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architecture
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Thom Mayne
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So at a time in which the media give the public everything it wants and desires, maybe art should adopt a much more aggressive attitude towards the public. I myself am very much inclined to take this position. – Thom Mayne

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Attitude
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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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Society
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It takes a great client to create great architecture. – Curtis W. Fentress

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I would have liked maybe to be in architecture or painting, something connected to the fine arts. – Catherine Deneuve

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architecture

But the buildings identity resided in the ornament. – Louis Sullivan

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architecture

In Los Angeles, by the time youre 35, youre older than most of the buildings. – Delia Ephron

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architecture

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