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Quote by Rem Koolhaas
The intellectual force of the West is still dominant, but other cu

The intellectual force of the West is still dominant, but other cultures are getting stronger. I expect that we will develop a new way of thinking in architecture and urban planning, and that less will be based on our models. – Rem Koolhaas

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We say we want to create beauty, identity, quality, singularity. And yet, maybe in truth these cities that we have are desired. Maybe their very characterlessness provides the best context for living. – Rem Koolhaas

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Escape from the architecture ghetto is one of the major drivers and has been from the very beginning. – Rem Koolhaas

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Any architectural project we do takes at least four or five years, so increasingly there is a discrepancy between the acceleration of culture and the continuing slowness of architecture. – Rem Koolhaas

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Not many architects have the luxury to reject significant things. – Rem Koolhaas

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Look, architecture has a lot of places to hide behind, a lot of excuses. The client made me do this. The city made me do this. Oh, the budget. I dont believe that anymore. – Frank Gehry

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Prose is architecture, not interior decoration, and the Baroque is over. – Ernest Hemingway

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