Quote by Rem Koolhaas
We say we want to create beauty, identity, quality, singularity. A

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

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There are elements of intrinsic beauty in the simplification of a house built on the log cabin idea. – Gustav Stickley

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Theres a difference between beauty and charm. A beautiful woman is one I notice. A charming woman is one who notices me. – John Erskine

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Its just poetry, beauty and love. How hard can that be to act? – Robin Wright Penn

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Beauty is indeed a good gift of God; but that the good may not think it a great good, God dispenses it even to the wicked. – Saint Augustine

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