"Architecture is a political act, by nature. It has to do with the relationships between people and how they decide to change their conditions of living."

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Source : "Without Walls: An Interview with Lebbeus Woods". Interview with Geoff Manaugh, www.bldgblog.com. October 3, 2007.

Lebbeus Woods

#People Quotes #Political Quotes #Architecture Quotes

“I feel my heart break to see a nation ripped apart by it's own greatest strength - it's diversity.”
“I don't believe in greatness that is bestowed as a rare gift to a few lucky ones. Rather, I think all people have greatness inside them. It is just a matter of persistence--sticking to what you have envisioned until it is reality. I have a deep conviction that everyone, including you, has been given exactly the right set of gifts to fulfill some magnificent purpose in life. Greatness must simply be chosen. And if you choose it, it will happen.”
“Banish (the onion) from the kitchen and the pleasure flies with it. Its presence lends color and enchantment to the most modest dish; its absence reduces the rarest delicacy to hopeless insipidity, and dinner to despair.”
“Morality is only moral when it is voluntary.”
“Confidence is closely linked to how well our perceptions match reality”
“If you cry when you're in love, it sure ain't no disgrace.”
“These are Canadian and United States intelligence and law enforcement offices who are working in teams and who are using good intelligence and good law enforcement to really stop the criminals and terrorists before they ever get to the border.”
“You have your words, and I have mine.”

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