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"Once the product's task is known, design the interface first; then implement to the interface design."

"I design my shots. I walk the rehearsal as the camera and say 'this is where I want to be... I want this look."

"For me, unemployment and poverty in the Greater Montreal area is not mainly a problem of structure, or design, or statistics. It is a profoundly human situation."
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"With production alone as the goal, industry in North America was dominated by the assembly line, standardization for mass consumption."

"The innovative spirit was America's strongest attribute, transforming everything into a brave new world, but there lingered an insecurity about the arts."

"We find Japan a little more difficult to understand because it has proven its 20th century prowess though the ancient traditions still persist."

"The obsession with performance left no room for the development of the intuitive or spiritual impact of space and form other than the aesthetic of the machine itself."

"There is a single thread of attitude, a single direction of flow, that joins our present time to its early burgeoning in Mediterranean civilization."

"We regard those other cultures, such as that of India, where many people live and believe and behave much as they did 1,000 or 2,000 years ago, as undeveloped."

"Today's developer is a poor substitute for the committed entrepreneur of the last century for whom the work of architecture represented a chance to celebrate the worth of his enterprise."

"In those countries with centuries of a craft tradition behind their building methods, techniques are tightly coordinated under the direction of the architect."

"Great buildings that move the spirit have always been rare. In every case they are unique, poetic, products of the heart."
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