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

Other quotes by Rem Koolhaas

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

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architecture
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It is not possible to live in this age if you dont have a sense of many contradictory forces. – Rem Koolhaas

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Age
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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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architecture
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Beauty
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Let there be nothing within thee that is not very beautiful and very gentle, and there will be nothing without thee that is not beautiful and softened by the spell of thy presence. – James Allen

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Beauty

What I find most upsetting about this new all-consuming beauty culture is that the obsession with good looks, and how you can supposedly attain them, is almost entirely female-driven. – Julie Burchill

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Beauty

The thought came to me that all one loves in art becomes beautiful. Beauty is nothing but the expression of the fact that something is being loved. Only thus could she be defined. – Robert Musil

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Beauty

The beauty of having short hair is that I actually can wash and style it at home! – Meagan Good

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Beauty

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This was meaningful that at almost 41 years old, I could be getting my first beauty campaign. – Teri Hatcher

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Think not I am what I appear. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

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Im not a traditional politician, and I have a sense of humor. Ill try to soften it and become boring, maybe even very boring, but Im not sure if Ill be able to. – Silvio Berlusconi

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Hmmm, how to “can a day?” You know, those days that seem just perfect you want access to them whenever the need arises. – Jeb Dickerson, jebdickerson.com

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Memory