It is art that makes life makes interest makes importance... and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of its process.
Art is not a treasure in the past or an importation from another land but part of the present life of all living and creating peoples.
It is art that makes life makes interest makes importance and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of its process.
The beginning is the most important part of the work.
Technological considerations are of great importance to architecture and cities in the informational society.
An important work of architecture will create polemics.
Architecture is my work and I've spent my whole life at a drawing board but life is more important than architecture. What matters is to improve human beings.
It seems a fantastic paradox but it is nevertheless a most important truth that no architecture can be truly noble which is not imperfect.
Architects in the past have tended to concentrate their attention on the building as a static object. I believe dynamics are more important: the dynamics of people their interaction with spaces and environmental condition.
The 150th anniversary of Penn State will highlight what is important and good about this distinguished institution and the fine people and research that it produces.
Anyone could be in the orchestra or sports team or arts club at my school. It was precisely the kind of inclusivity that now meets with a sort of scorn and derision as a prizes-for-all culture that generates only mediocrity. There's something so insulting about the idea that including lots of people means mediocrity.