Quote by Thom Mayne
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

Other quotes by Thom Mayne

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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architecture
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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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Cockroaches and socialites are the only things that can stay up all night and eat anything. – Herb Caen

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The idea is, were still a society where we recognize and see and even sometimes seek members of our own tribe, whatever that tribe is. It could be ethnic, religious, geographic, political. – Peter Guber

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Society

Mainstream cinema raises questions only to immediately provide an answer to them, so they can send the spectator home reassured. If we actually had those answers, then society would appear very different from what it is. – Michael Haneke

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Society

There is no development strategy more beneficial to society as a whole – women and men alike – than the one which involves women as central players. – Kofi Annan

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Society

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History is a mighty dramos, enacted upon the theatre of times, with suns for lamps and eternity for a background. – Thomas Carlyle

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Every single Pixar film, at one time or another, has been the worst movie ever put on film. But we know. We trust our process. We dont get scared and say, Oh, no, this film isnt working. – John Lasseter

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There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn what we need to learn whatever steps we take, theyre necessary to reach the places weve chosen to go. – Richard Bach

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