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"Designs of purely arbitrary nature cannot be expected to last long."
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"In the draws the smoke coming off the ground like mist and the thin black trees burning on the slopes like heathen candles."

"Every now and then I sit and watch the sun rise to remind myself how it's done-peacefully, steadily, warmly, and in beautiful color."

"Custom is second nature."

"To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice."

"Sipping teawith gleebeneath a gooseberry tree.I wish Alice were here.Oh, my dear,do not fear,she will be."

"They passed, leaving a trail of foxfire shuffled up out of the wet leaves like stars plowed in a ship's wake."

"There are great roads, beautiful bridges, lovely parks, gorgeous gardens and wonderful buildings in a big city. But there is something missing, something very important: The spirit of nature!"

"The Moon always finds an opportunity to turn our attention from the ground beneath our feet to the sky above our head!"
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"In my opinion, further consideration of those views will help us find a way out of the current impasse, and reveal to us the kinds of buildings and cities required by the informational society."

"There is a powerful need for symbolism, and that means the architecture must have something that appeals to the human heart. There is a powerful need for symbolism, and that means the architecture must have something that appeals to the human heart."

"Architects today tend to depreciate themselves, to regard themselves as no more than just ordinary citizens without the power to reform the future."

"Tradition can, to be sure, participate in a creation, but it can no longer be creative itself."

"I am aware of changes gradually taking place in my own designs as part of my thinking on this matter."

"Technological considerations are of great importance to architecture and cities in the informational society."

"I feel however, that we architects have a special duty and mission... (to contribute) to the socio-cultural development of architecture and urban planning."
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