“Many artists I enjoy have a large body of work, and eventually the message is derived out from the sum of its parts.” Quote by Jimenez Lai
“I believe architecture is a cultural output and I think Rem Koolhaas is one of the rare individuals who was able to really output architecture as cultural artifact.” ThinkingBelieveAbleIndividualI BelieveArchitectureOutputArtifacts Author:Jimenez Lai
“It is possible to construct small realities that contain political or philosophical responses, not necessarily just practical or economical responses.” RealityPoliticalPhilosophicalResponsePracticalsConstructs Author:Jimenez Lai
“The moment you put something down on paper it forces you to organize and arrange these thoughts a little better.” LittlesMomentsForcePaperOrganize Author: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