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The huge problem in our society is the enormous ignorance of the i

The huge problem in our society is the enormous ignorance of the ideas that underlie modern art. – 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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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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architecture
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Society is based on the assumption that everyone is alike and no one is alive. – Hugh Kingsmill

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Popular art is the dream of society it does not examine itself. – Margaret Atwood

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Society

Im an underdog person, so I align myself with those who seem to be not considered valuable in polite society. – Jessica Hagedorn

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Society

Its upsetting to be a man in our society. – David Mamet

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One who limits himself to his chosen mode of ignorance. – Elbert Hubbard

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