“But I do believe architecture, and all art, should be content-driven. It should have something to say beyond the sensational.” ShouldBelieveArtShould HaveDrivenArchitectureSensational Author:Charles Jencks
“It's a mark of any icon that it should be open to iconoclasm.” ShouldMarkIconsIconoclasm Author:Charles Jencks
“Science is a victim of its own reductive metaphors: 'Big Bang,' 'selfish gene' and so on. Richard Dawkins' selfish gene fitted with the Thatcherite politics of the time. It should actually be the 'altruistic gene,' but he'd never have sold as many books with a title like that.” ShouldBookBigsVictimMetaphorSelfishTitlesGenesBangsSelfish Gene Author:Charles Jencks
“I'd been to Stourhead and was inspired by the perfect parity between architecture and art; in fact, the architecture is the art. I wrote a piece called 'Not Sculpture Park,' because most of these things become car parks for bought-in sculpture. The artists should be working with the site, not just plonking pieces down.” ShouldArtFactsArtistPerfectPiecesCarInspiredArchitectureParksSiteSculptureArchitecture And ArtParityCar Parks Author:Charles Jencks