"I'm often called an old-fashioned modernist. But the modernists had the absurd idea that architecture could heal the world. That's impossible. And today nobody expects architects to have these grand visions any more."

-- Thom Mayne

#Ideas Quotes #Vision Quotes #World Quotes

“I just couldn't stand school. If I went, I'd skip after the first class. I didn't like to be told I had to study and had to do homework. There's a fact that you have to want to learn.”
“A man is a fool who sits looking backward from himself in the past. Ah, what shallow, vain conceit there is in man! Forget the things that are behind. That is not where you live. Your roots are not there. They are in the present; and you should reach up into the other life.”
“If one is going to change things, one has to make a fuss and catch the eye of the world.”
“Earlier today, President Bush said Kerry will be a tough and hard-charging opponent. That explains why Bush's nickname for Kerry is math.”
“Our Pakistan elites are spoiled by permanent foreign aid and therefore find it difficult to change course. Pakistan needs someone who stands up and says: Fundamentalism is bad, capitalism is good. This region harbors enormous potential. Pakistan could become the hub for the energy that is transported from Central Asia to South Asia. That could change the whole region.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“It's true I always try to be as seductive as possible but I wouldn't be here if I couldn't play tennis.”
“I don't necessarily believe in the ideology of cinema veritÃ©. I think by the very fact that you have a camera there you are affecting the story and you are influencing it.”
“Lastly, waging war against good people is bad for the soul. This may not seem important to you now, but it's the most important thing I've said.”

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