"I see man more as an instrument or an agent more than anything else."

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"I see man more as an instrument or an agent more than anything else."

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"The corruption of the American soul is consumerism."

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"I have a book of buildings from 25,000 BC. These are huts built out of mammoth bones. These buildings were beautifully made, from the bones of the body into shelter."

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"I'm just interested in meditating on certain ideas, and I like to draw: that's my way of thinking."

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"The Irish and British, they love satire, it's a large part of the culture."

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"Politics are beautiful. They enable a community to live collectively with one another. It's not about stabbing each other in the back; it's about enabling people to reach their dreams and pursue happiness."

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"I started producing work with an ecstatic addiction."

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"The beast for me is greed. Whether you read Dante, Swift, or any of these guys, it always boils down to the same thing: the corruption of the soul."

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"When I left school I went on trip around the world - I only got as far as Australia, but like a bloody fool I cut it short because of a girl. It's probably one of my big regrets in life."

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"At this present time, matter is still the best way to think of architecture, but I'm not so sure for very long. The computer is radicalizing the way we think about our world."

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