"Before World War II, Modernist architects sometimes had to resort to custom fabrication or outright fakery to achieve the machine imagery advocated by the Bauhaus after its initial, Expressionist, phase. Stucco masqueraded as reinforced concrete; rivets were used for decoration."

-- Martin Filler

#War Quotes #Machines Quotes #World Quotes

“...candid still photography had taken over... What was interesting was that the photographs came without any intention of instructing you... You're like a cat looking out the window. You don't have to even know what you're watching, but you're watching it, and you're watching it very accurately.”
“Talent is the No. 1 priority for a CEO. You think it's about vision and strategy, but you have to get the right people first.”

Source : "Avon CEO Andrea Jung's advice: Reinvent yourself". ABC NEWS interview, abcnews.go.com. June 14, 2009.
“The deluded mind is the mind affectively burdened by intellect. Thus, it cannot move without stopping and reflecting on itself. This obstructs its native fluidity.”
“I don't see myself as experimenting in any conscious way, it's perhaps that certain books require different densities of language.”
“There are definite advantages to single beds." He sat up abruptly and arranged her legs around his waist. "Makes cuddling mandatory.”
“I'm so proud to be Canadian. I've been to 58 countries, and they're wonderful countries, but Canada is the best.”
“[James vowed again to] use the National Guard and state troopers to prevent the removal [of Judge Roy Moore's Commandments display].”
“The only truth I know is my own.”

You may also like:

Ada Louise Huxtable
Architectural Critic
Christopher Benfey
Literary critic
Denise Scott Brown
Architect
Justin Davidson
Music critic
Michael Arad
Architect
Michael Kimmelman
Author
Paul Goldberger
Architectural Critic
Tim Parks
Novelist
Witold Rybczynski
Architect