"What I resist is techniques. I find techniques very problematic. So when critics talk about my work in those terms, I find that they miss the condition. I am comfortable with the notion of pattern and ornament as a system of organization, [but] for me it acts as a textile. So it's not about pattern, but the notion of architecture through the lens of textile, rather than architecture through the lens of brick and mortar."

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Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

David Adjaye

#Organization Quotes #Bricks And Mortar Quotes #Missing Quotes

“Repetition of the same chant, the same incantations, the same affirmations leads to belief, and once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.”

Source : Claude M. Bristol (1948). “Magic of Believing”, p.50, Lulu.com
“There's never been a good government.”
“I actually like pole dancing! It gives you so much confidence. I never thought I'd do it, but now I'm really into it.”
“Civic participants don't aim to make life better merely for members of the group. They want to improve even the lives of people who never participate...”
“Careless talk costs lives.”
“There were days when he touched the tip of her nose and it was enough, a miracle of plenty.”

Source : Helen Oyeyemi (2011). “Mr Fox”, p.74, Pan Macmillan
“It's just a logical guess that they are very very wise to put someone from the old series in it, and if you had to choose, it would be a very difficult decision.”
“It's not just the abuse of power that's the problem. It's the power to abuse.”

Source : Twitter post from Dec 16, 2016

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