"The criteria for architecture after the tsunami is humbleness"

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Source : "Kengo Kuma urges architects to "be humble"". Interview with James Pallister, www.dezeen.com. March 11, 2014.

Kengo Kuma

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“All that a pacifist can undertake -- but it is a very great deal -- is to refuse to kill, injure or otherwise cause suffering to another human creature, and untiringly to order his life by the rule of love though others may be captured by hate.”

Source : "What Can We Do In Wartime?", September 9, 1939.
“It is better to be as low as hell with a promise, than in Paradise without one.”
“In politics, yesterday's lie is attacked only to flatter today's.”

Source : Jean Rostand (1962). “The substance of man”
“Red Bull are backing a spinal-injury research charity called Wings For Life, which I am an ambassador for, with a programme called Faces for Charity that will run at this year's British Grand Prix.”
“But I'm not looking forward to trying to strike out a lot of guys”
“Do I want to write a musical? No. I like to do musicals.”
“I'm fearful and anxious for my family in ways that I've never been fearful or anxious for myself. I'm completely vulnerable to their pain, both physical and emotional. It's wild. And I wouldn't trade it for anything.”
“So if you want to know how Exxon Mobil can make $10 billion profit in 90 days, just look around. The whole world was built for them.”

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