"Successful communication depends on how well we listen, rather than how well we push our opinions on the person seated before us."

-- Kenya Hara

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“If you have let pride get the better of you, then you have already lost, but if you grab pride by the scruff of the neck and ride it like a stallion, then you may have already won.”
“As an architect it is very important that you distinguish between different realities. There's the reality of the drawing and the reality of the building. So one could say, or at least it is the common belief that architecture has to be built; I always denied that, because ultimately it is based on an idea. I don't ever need a building to verify my idea. Of course, what with a building is more its vanity and actual physical experience. But I anticipate; I wouldn't even build it if I could not anticipate how it would be.”
“I had a bike the first time I moved to L.A. I had a Honda and I got around on that. But I'd never ridden Harleys.”
“When it comes to people -- don't write about who you know; but what you know of human nature.”
“As a Londoner I was able to see how the world of power and money cast its shadow on those who failed.”
“Create your own method. Don't depend slavishly on mine. Make up something that will work for you! But keep breaking traditions, I beg you.”
“... when I saw Jimi Hendrix I knew immediately that this guy was the real thing ... and when he played it was like a rough sketch of what he was going to become ... this guy was our generation, and he wasn't in a suit .. he played a Howlin' Wolf song 'Killing Floor', and then we (The Cream) had to carry on the set. It was pretty hard to follow ...”
“To portray a maniac offers a compelling challenge.”

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