I work a little bit like a sculptor. When I start, my first idea for a building is with the material. I believe architecture is about that. It's not about paper, it's not about forms. It's about space and material.
Architecture to me is whole. I cannot say I only care about this 25% and the other 75% I let go... it's just I want to work the way I want to work. In my shop, you can order certain things and other things you cannot. They are not available.
An important work of architecture will create polemics.
Any work of architecture that has with it some discussion, some polemic, I think is good. It shows that people are interested, people are involved.
As a viewer, that's work I respond to - work that I know is singular in some way. If I'm being challenged by something on screen, if I don't quite know why it's happening, I want to know I can do the work of pulling it apart and that there'll be some...
What the fuck are cavemen doing here?
Yo Mama’s so ugly, when she joined an ugly contest, they said, “Sorry, no professionals.
But hell, you've gotta work with what you've got.
I left my youth behind me. It peddled the bicycle while I rode on the handlebars.
I talked so much about my product that I sold myself. I bought the very thing I was selling, and I think I overpaid.
Thought involves a little charlatanism.
Setidaknya, Indonesia juga pernah memiliki kisah menarik di balik sejarahnya, bukan hanya bangsa barat saja yang memiliki cerita-cerita abad pertengahan ala mereka.
Impian harus menyala dengan apa pun yang kita miliki, meskipun yang kita miliki tidak sempurna, meskipun itu retak-retak
I got tapped for the job position. As soon as I felt it on my shoulder, I turned around and my boss told me.
If I look like I haven’t slept for eight hours, it’s because I haven’t. Oh, I wasn’t up all night. I slept 7:45 hours.
Jakarta telah menjadi sekadar tempat bertahan hidup, bukan tempat hidup yang mampu memberi arti keberadaan kepada penghuni yang tinggal di dalamnya.
Bukan kegagalan yang merupakan kejahatan, tapi cita-cita yang dangkal.
No hay sabiduría donde no hay sentido común: en estas condiciones no se puede encontrar ninguna expresión.
Estudia las suposiciones que hay detrás de tus acciones. Luego, estudia las suposiciones que hay tras tus suposiciones.
No hay sabiduría donde no hay sentido común: en tales condiciones ella no podrá encontrar ninguna expresión.
Semua yang indah, sia-sia kalau cuma 'pernah'.
