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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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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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architecture
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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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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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Beauty ought to look a little surprised: it is the emotion that best suits her face. The beauty who does not look surprised, who accepts her position as her due – she reminds us too much of a prima donna. – E. M. Forster

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A lot of us grow up and we grow out of the literal interpretation that we get when were children, but we bear the scars all our life. Whether theyre scars of beauty or scars of ugliness, its pretty much in the eye of the beholder. – Stephen King

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As for everything else, so for a mathematical theory: beauty can be perceived but not explained. – Arthur Cayley

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Its not like Im sitting at home coming up with some secret beauty plan. – Lara Stone

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If you cant beat your computer at chess, try kickboxing. – Anon.

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