"I have come to the conviction that once one embarks on a concept for a building, this concept has to be exaggerated and overstated and repeated in every part of its interior so that wherever you are, inside or outside, the building sings with the same message."

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Source : Eero Saarinen, Eeva-Liisa Pelkonen, Donald Albrecht (2006). “Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future”, p.353, Yale University Press

Eero Saarinen

#Messages Quotes #Building Quotes #Conviction Quotes

“In 1980, I moved to Chicago, and I recorded demo tapes for my friends' bands, and in 1981, the first Big Black record - the first thing I did that was an actual record.”
“The value of the creative faculty derives from the fact that faculty is the primary mark of man. To deprive man of its exercise is to reduce him to subhumanity.”

Source : Eric Gill (1937). “Work & property &c”
“One should never count the years -- one should instead count one's interests. I have kept young trying never to lose my childhood sense of wonderment. I'm glad I still have a vivid curiosity about the world I live in.”
“When I first moved to Los Angeles, I don't think anyone knew what to do with me.”
“My line is all based on what I would wear, what I love to wear... It's very selfish! The first thing I ask myself is, "Is this something I would want for myself?" If so, I make it.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Chess makes man wiser and clear-sighted.”
“It seems like the right thing to do is tackle problems other people aren't working on.”
“Health food may be good for the conscience but Oreos taste a hell of a lot better.”

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