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"I strive for an architecture from which nothing can be taken away."
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"Every man's work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself."
"I was planning to go into architecture. But when I arrived, architecture was filled up. Acting was right next to it, so I signed up for acting instead."
"We shape our buildings thereafter they shape us."
"Rather than wait to see what the day or future holds, why not design and plan the future you want to experience?"
"Modern architecture predominately specializes in designing what are essentially dimly lit caves."
"We shape our buildings, thereafter they shape us."
"Nothing - really, absolutely nothing - says more about Victorian Britain and its capacity for brilliance than that the century's most daring and iconic building was entrusted to a gardener."
"The reality of the building does not consist in the roof and walls but in the space within to be lived in."
"A man of eighty has outlived probably three new schools of painting, two of architecture and poetry and a hundred in dress."
"On inspection, Gaudi's architecture isn't whimsical at all."
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"It's my goal to make a building as immaterial as possible. Architecture is a very material thing. It takes a lot of resources, so why not eliminate what you don't need as long as you're able to achieve the same result?"
"German and English firms operate internationally, while French firms do not. The only place where they all have work is in China. Anybody can sell himself in China!"
"You'd never think of taking a cab if you had to walk a mile down Chicago's Michigan Avenue. But in a bad city you take a cab just to go around the corner."
"When I think of some of my earlier work, it really seems a fortunate coincidence that I succeeded."
"We are creating a unique experience. It's starts with how you see the building from a distance."
"A building is hard to judge. It takes many years to find out whether it works. It's not as simple as asking the people in the office whether they like it."
"Chinese buildings are like American buildings, with big footprints. People don't care about daylight or fresh air."
"The American attitude towards efficiency and execution should always underlie architecture."
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