“The danger for any artist whose work is both recognizable and critically acclaimed is complacent repetition - the temptation to churn out easily identifiable, eagerly welcomed, and readily salable designs.” ArtistDangerDesignTemptationRepetitionComplacent Author:Martin Filler
“Winning the Pritzker assures a flood of work in one's seventies and eighties, jobs necessarily carried out by assistants as the demands of modern-day cultural stardom and the inevitable waning of physical capacities prevent many architects from attaining the transcendent final phase more easily achieved by artists in other mediums.” JobsArtistWinningModernDemandCapacityFinalsMediumsInevitableArchitectPhasesFloodSeventiesEightyAssistantsTranscendentStardomModern Day Author:Martin Filler
“The popular mythology of creative genius depends on beloved stereotypes of the artist in youth and old age: the misunderstood upstart who forces us to see the world afresh; and the revered sage who shows us depths of insight attainable only through a lifetime of hard-won experience.” WorldHardShowsAgeArtistForceCreativeYouthDependsGeniusLifetimeDepthInsightMythologyOld AgeBelovedStereotypeSageMisunderstoodYouth And Old AgeCreative GeniusUpstart Author:Martin Filler