“The moment you put something down on paper it forces you to organize and arrange these thoughts a little better.” Quote by Jimenez Lai
“I think architecture could be understood as the construction of realities, or the construction of worlds.” ThinkingWorldRealityUnderstoodArchitectureConstruction Author:Jimenez Lai
“One of the reasons why architects are often attracted to philosophers, partially, has to do with making sense of the world around us as well as the making of worlds.” WorldWellsReasonPhilosopherMake SenseReason WhyArchitect Author:Jimenez Lai
“Setting up absurd worlds with rules to violate - it's one of the things I hope to achieve with my work.” WorldAchieveSettingAbsurdSettings Author:Jimenez Lai
“The popular idea of a role model implies that an adult's influence on a child is primarily occupational, and that all a black child needs is to see a black doctor, and then this child will think, "Oh, I can become a doctor too."” ThinkingNeedsChildrenI CanIdeasBlackRolesInfluenceModelsAdultsDoctorsRole Models Author:Richard Rodriguez
“I have a good black friend who is a doctor, but he didn't become a doctor because he saw other black men who were doctors. He became a doctor because his mother cleaned office buildings at night, and because she loved her children. She grew bowlegged from cleaning office buildings at night, and in the process she taught him something about courage and bravery and dedication to others.” MenChildrenMotherNightProcessBlackSawsBuildingTaughtGrewOfficeDoctorsBraveryDedicationCleaningBravery And CourageOffice Buildings Author:Richard Rodriguez
“I became a writer not because my father was one - my father made false teeth for a living. I became a writer because the Irish nuns who educated me taught me something about bravery with their willingness to give so much to me.” GivingMadeFatherTaughtBraveryTeethEducatedWillingnessNun Author:Richard Rodriguez
“I think the universities have co-opted the intellectual, by and large. But there is an emerging intellectual set coming out of Washington think tanks now. There are people who are leaving the universities and working for the government or in think tanks, simply looking for freedom.” PeopleThinkingGovernmentIntellectualLeavingUniversityComing OutTanksEmerging Author:Richard Rodriguez
“The university has become so stultified since the sixties. There is so much you can't do at the university. You can't say this, you can't do that, you can't think this, and so forth. In many ways, I'm free to range as widely as I do intellectually precisely because I'm not at a university. The tiresome Chicanos would be after me all the time. You know: "We saw your piece yesterday, and we didn't like what you said," or, "You didn't sound happy enough," or, "You didn't sound proud enough."” ThinkingKnowsWaySaidEnoughWould BeSoundSawsPiecesProudUniversityYesterdayRangeSixtyTiresome Author:Richard Rodriguez
“I've once gotten in trouble with certain gay activists because I'm not gay enough! I am a morose homosexual. I'm melancholy. Gay is the last adjective I would use to describe myself. The idea of being gay, like a little sparkler, never occurs to me. So if you ask me if I'm gay, I say no.” IfsLittlesIdeasEnoughUseLastsCertainAsksTroubleGayAsk MeMelancholyActivistHomosexualAdjectivesBeing GayDescribe MyselfMorose Author:Richard Rodriguez