"I got into architecture because I was searching for a way to produce in the world. I went to art school and thought I would do it through art, but I realized very quickly that I was interested in the social ramifications of form making. So buildings became the vehicle and fulfilled that thing. That satisfied me when I produced them. I decided this is what I wanted to do with the rest of my life."

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David Adjaye

#Art Quotes #School Quotes #World Quotes

“I don't know Jiu-Jitsu, I don't know wrestling, all I know is how to fight. Period.”
“The lesson there is that there's no hiding the sound of a band that is bored with its own music. Whatever it takes to create the sound of excitement, that's what you want to do.”
“They love indeed who quake to say they love.”
“Public influence is the real government of the world.”

Source : Josiah Warren, Crispin Sartwell (2011). “The Practical Anarchist: Writings of Josiah Warren”, p.240, Fordham Univ Press
“We come humbly to say to the men in the forefront of our government that the civil rights issue is not an Ephemeral, evanescent domestic issue that can be kicked about by reactionary guardians of the status quo; it is rather an eternal moral issue which may well determine the destiny of our nation in the ideological struggle with communism. The hour is late. The clock of destiny is ticking out. We must act now, before it is too late.”
“I spent a lot of time when I was president, trying to end wars, prevent killing, and promote understanding. What I have seen is that peace works better than conflict, and one of the best manifestations of it is in travel and tourism.”
“I've always studied business. Even when I was a ball player, I'd read business journals and the business sections of newspapers.”
“I am no longer going to go along with this idea that we're going to keep spending and borrowing and taking over and raising taxes, that I'm going to do everything I can to change things.”

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