"In a society that celebrates the inessential, architecture can put up a resistance, counteract the waste of forms and meanings and speak its own language."

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Source : Peter Zumthor (1999). “Architektur denken”

Peter Zumthor

#Waste Quotes #Resistance Quotes #Architecture Quotes

“Earl gave me his version of what happened and asked me not to suspend the umpires.”
“A picture tells a thousand words. But you get a thousand pictures from someone's voice.”
“I don't have to write jokes. I don't have to write insults. If you ask the man of the hour in the hot seat, my mere existence is clearly insult enough.”
“In the Lord's service the path is not always easy... But in serving Him, we discover that His hand is truly over us.”
“Have we raised the threshold of horror so high that nothing short of a nuclear strike qualifies as a 'real' war? Are we to spend the rest of our lives in this state of high alert with guns pointed at each other's heads and fingers trembling on the trigger?”
“Money is plentiful for those who understand the simple laws which govern its acquisition.”

Source : George S. Clason (2013). “The Richest Man In Babylon”, p.105, Lulu.com
“A smile flickered across Coralâ€™s face. â€œHave you ever noticed that once you have had a taste of certain sweetsâ€”raspberry trifle is my own despairâ€”it is quite impossible not to think, not to want, not to crave until you have taken another bite?â€ â€œLord Swartingham is not a raspberry trifle.â€ â€œNo, more of a dark chocolate mousse, I should think,â€ Coral murmured. â€œAnd,â€ Anna continued as if she hadnâ€™t heard the interruption, â€œI donâ€™t need another bite, uh,night of him.”
“The most aggravating thing about the younger generation is that I no longer belong to it.”

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