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Ada Louise Huxtable

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Architectural Critic

Ada Louise Huxtable was an influential American architectural critic, born on March 14, 1921, in New York. Her career began in the 1950s, and she was the first critic to win the Pulitzer Prize for her work. Huxtable was known for her sharp observations and profound analyses, which had a significant impact on the architecture and urban planning industries.

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“Clutter in its highest and most organized form is called collecting.”

Form Highest Organized Collecting Clutter

Book:On Architecture: Collected Reflections on a Century of Change

Source: On Architecture: Collected Reflections on a Century of Change

“Really living without clutter takes an iron will ... This involves eternal watchfulness and that oldest and most relentless of the housewife's occupations, picking up. I have a feeling that picking up will go on long after ways have been found to circumvent death and taxes.”

Way Long Has Beens Feelings Found Goes On Taxes Eternal Iron Occupation Relentless Housewife Clutter Housework Watchfulness Really Living Iron Will

Book:On Architecture: Collected Reflections on a Century of Change

Source: On Architecture: Collected Reflections on a Century of Change

“There are two kinds of people in the world - those who have a horror of a vacuum and those with a horror of the things that fill it. Translated into domestic interiors, this means people who live with, and without, clutter.”

People World Kind Mean Two Horror Interiors Vacuums Clutter Housework Mean People

Book:On Architecture: Collected Reflections on a Century of Change

Source: On Architecture: Collected Reflections on a Century of Change

About the Author

Born: March 14, 1921
Died: January 7, 2013
Known for: Architectural Critic
Quotes: 44

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