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For two years nobody talked about anything other than the name arrangement. There was no fund-raising and no progress being made on construction and design.

Michael Arad

I am equally proud of all of my architectural projects. It's always rewarding to see an ambitious design become reality.

Zaha Hadid

If I wanted to do clothes or if I wanted to make a building or design a choreography, you are able to do that - they are all under a similar kind of design umbrella.

Zaha Hadid

As is the case with all good things in life - love, good manners, language, cooking - personal creativity is required only rarely.

Leon Krier

And I think that the environment is one very strong way to counterbalance the chaotic nature of our life.

Minoru Yamasaki

I was in a peacetime army. It was like something out of a Le Carre novel: studying the habits of your enemy. It was very exciting. It's interesting living life as a civilian, then on Friday night you're parachuting into a foreign country.

Steve Truglia

Look around at day-to-day life for ideas, and it finds its way into your work.

Thom Mayne

I lived in a state of rage from 12 to 20. Until college, I was beyond an outsider. I was a voyeur of life.

Thom Mayne

That's what I love about Chicago... It is the staccato aspect of the skyscrapers. But the ground is very loose, very relaxed. It makes Chicago far more pleasant than other cities.

Ben van Berkel

I love Les Beaux Peeps. Everyone in that band works together really well. I used to go out to see bands a lot; now it seems there just aren't any I like.

Clea Duvall

When I went to India, I became absolutely obsessed with the idea of building a hotel in India. I've never done a hotel, and I'd love to do public spaces in that culture.

Hugh Hardy

I love 'Les Mis' so much, like, since I was younger; I saw it when I was like, you know, 10, and I've seen it almost 18 times.

June Diane Raphael

I remember saying that wars must not be glorified, but wars must be remembered.

Friedrich St. Florian

Valence passa une main sur ses yeux et quitta la fenêtre. -L'alcool est là, lui dit Néron en tendant les bras.

Fred Vargas

Form follows function - that has been misunderstood. Form and function should be one, joined in a spiritual union.

Frank Lloyd Wright

The architect must be a prophet... a prophet in the true sense of the term... if he can't see at least ten years ahead don't call him an architect.

Frank Lloyd Wright

A doctor can bury his mistakes but an architect can only advise his clients to plant vines.

Frank Lloyd Wright

A professional is one who does his best work when he feels the least like working.

Frank Lloyd Wright

Nature is my manifestation of God. I go to nature every day for inspiration in the day's work.

Frank Lloyd Wright

I'm all in favor of keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of fools. Let's start with typewriters.

Frank Lloyd Wright

Il ne peut y avoir une civilisation mondiale puisque la civilisation implique la coexistence de cultures offrant entre elles le maximum de diversité.

Claude Levi-Strauss