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"Nearly all of the advances in structural and aesthetic innovation is coming from abroad."
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"It is much more worthwhile to implement only one bright idea than collecting a thousand of them."
"I say beware of all enterprises that require new clothes, and not rather a new wearer of clothes."
"The significant problems we have cannot be solved at the same level of thinking with which we created them."
"I am certain that a Sewing Machine would relieve as much human suffering as a hundred Lunatic Asylums, and possibly a good deal more."
"Create an environment that fosters the creative genius within you!"
"Some old and unrealized ideas will undoubtedly be actualized when their time comes."
"One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man."
"For this wire is as a part of our body, as a vein torn from us, glowing with our blood. Are we proud of this thread of metal, or of our hands which made it, or is there a line to divide these two?"
"Necessity, they say, is the mother of invention, but fear, too, is not barren of ingenious suggestions."
"If you have an idea, you will likely have difficulties during the process ofrealization regardless of the type of idea (scientific idea, invention idea,business idea, new product idea, brand idea, advertising idea, etc.)."
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"You have to see a building to comprehend it. Photographs cannot convey the experience, nor film."
"The way of architecture is the quiet voice that underlies it and has guided it from the beginning."
"We find Japan a little more difficult to understand because it has proven its 20th century prowess though the ancient traditions still persist."
"No phenomenon can be isolated, but has repercussions through every aspect of our lives. We are learning that we are a fundamental part of nature's ecosystems."
"We are stymied by regulations, limited choice and the threat of litigation. Neither consultants nor industry itself provide research which takes architecture forward."
"With production alone as the goal, industry in North America was dominated by the assembly line, standardization for mass consumption."
"The Achilles Heel of the Americas was the lack of cultural confidence typical of new settlers."
"Tahiti has been spoiled for many years, but Bali is one of the few cultures with origins in one of the great ancient cultures which is still alive."
"Compared to industry in Europe or Japan, where industry was based on a craft tradition, we are sadly behind."
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