"There is no sadder tale in the annals of architecture than the virtual disappearance of the defining architectural form of the Modern Movement - publicly sponsored housing."

-- Martin Filler

#Defining Quotes #Movement Quotes #Architecture Quotes

“Almost all these hotspots around the world, most have been destroyed to the point where there is no wildlife and very little of the natural world left.”
“We get these questions a lot from the enterprising young. It's a very intelligent question: You look at some old guy who's rich and you ask, 'How can I become like you, except faster?' Spend each day trying to be a little wiser than you were when you woke up. Discharge your duties faithfully and well. Step by step you get ahead, but not necessarily in fast spurts. But you build discipline by preparing for fast spurts... Slug it out one inch at a time, day by day, at the end of the day -- if you live long enough -- most people get what they deserve.”
“If you were out of a job and your kid needed diapers and your husband just left you, you would be so confused.”
“We do not quite forgive a giver. The hand that feeds us is in some danger of being bitten.”
“I was like one of those nauseatingly nice children. I was very, very well behaved and boring.”
“The ingredients of health and long life, are great temperance, open air, easy labor, and little care.”
“At the age of twelve I had an attitude toward life that was to endure, that was to make me seek those areas of living that would keep it alive, that was to make me skeptical of everything while seeking everything, tolerant of all and yet critical. The spirit I had caught gave me insight into the suffering of others, made me gravitate toward those whose feelings were like my own, made me sit for hours while others told me of their lives, made me strangely tender and cruel, violent and peaceful.”
“Everything is being synced up, and it's harder to see where the skill starts and the technology starts and ends. Maybe that's a good thing; it's more enjoyable for the listeners, more enjoyable for the party, if you don't need to worry about things falling off. So maybe we can concentrate on other aspects of the art form.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com

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