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"We want our buildings to work like a machine that will create a pleasurable environment."
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"With Fellini, the fear dropped out of my work because it was such a happy experience... hanging out with Fellini, having pasta on the set with Fellini, and going out with Fellini!"
"I really do hope that the Millennium Summit gives new impetus to the work of the United Nations."
"The rest of my work, besides sketching and keeping a diary, which was the most troublesome of all, consisted in making geological and zoological collections."
"Anytime we can take narcotics off the street it is significant because it takes them out of the hands of children. It certainly is not going to stop the drug problem, we have to work very, very hard."
"Give a typical employee a million, and, he is most likely to use the money to print his CV on fancier paper."
"For disappearing acts, it's hard to beat what happens to the eight hours supposedly left after eight of sleep and eight of work."
"Assuming roles is something that simply won't work for me, since I don't have a style. None at all."
"The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you."
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"Transparency is not the same as looking straight through a building: it's not just a physical idea, it's also an intellectual one."
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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?"
"The American attitude towards efficiency and execution should always underlie architecture."
"When I think of some of my earlier work, it really seems a fortunate coincidence that I succeeded."
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"In Europe, architects consider themselves artists. They think they're special when they win a competition."
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