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“In 1979, postmodernism lost its understanding of the meaning of ornament. It degenerated into kitsch applique.”

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Charles Jencks, born on June 21, 1939, is a renowned landscape architect of Scottish origin. His work is globally recognized for its unique style and profound understanding of the natural environment. more

“Post-Modern space is historically specific, rooted in conventions, unlimited or ambiguous in zoning and irrational or transformational in its relation of parts to whole……. …skew or distorted spaces, created by sharp angles which exaggerate perspective…. …always keep a mental coordinate system no matter how free- form and baroque they become. The reference plane is always an implied frontality, and the route through the building or the curvilinear elements then relate to this conceptual cage”

Matter Whole Form Space Modern Building Perspective Elements Relation Posts Relate Planes Conventions Rooted Irrational Routes Angle Unlimited Cages Ambiguous Implied Coordinates Baroque

Author:Charles Jencks

“Kuan Yew, I can never trust you as a politician.”

I Can Politician Never Trust Yew

Author:Tunku Abdul Rahman

“I like doves. They look so beautiful, like a woman. For me they represent peace and love and purity. And sometimes they're seen as the messengers of God, so they're important to me because I'm a Christian.”

Looks Important Sometimes Christian Beautiful And Love Purity Dove Messengers Peace And Love Messenger Of God

Author:John Woo

“Surrender, but don’t give yourself away.”

Giving Surrender

Author:Rick Nielsen

“When I look back on my life nowadays, which I sometimes do, what strikes me most forcibly about it is that what seemed at the time most significant and seductive, seems now most futile and absurd. For instance, success in all of its various guises; being known and being praised; ostensible pleasures, like acquiring money or seducing women, or traveling, going to and fro in the world and up and down in it like Satan, exploring and experiencing whatever Vanity Fair has to offer. In retrospect all these exercises in self-gratification seem pure fantasy, what Pascal called “licking the earth.”

“If the most important thing for your project is to put on a circus, then you have less chance of winning things.”

Ifs Important Winning Chance Projects Important Things Circus

Author:Luis Figo

“I care about football, so what Im seeing regarding the image of FIFA, not only now but in the past years, I dont like it.”

Years Care Past Seeing Football I Care Fifa

Author:Luis Figo

“Ordinary people, simply doing their jobs, and without any particular hostility on their part, can become agents in a terrible destructive process.”

People Jobs Process Particular Terrible Ordinary Agents Destructive Ordinary People Hostility

Book:Obedience to Authority

Source: Obedience to Authority

“You send a message in everything you do, Im always very conscious about what ideas and what energy I put out there.”

Ideas Energy Messages Conscious

Author:Tom Shadyac

“Our rights do not come from God. That's your faith, that's my faith, but that's not our country.”

Country Rights Our Country

Author:Chris Cuomo

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