“For me [ Giovanni Lorenzo ] Bernini, [Francesco ] Borromini, and [Donato] Bramante have been as significant as Alvar Aalto, Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier, and Louis Kahn. I still marvel at their works, which have a quality and a timelessness that I seek to have in our projects.” Has BeensStillsQualityProjectsSignificantFrankTimelessnessBernini Author:Richard Meier
“I can easily say "no" to a project if the script isn't great, but when the script is good, then I start asking the other questions. Who's going to direct it? Who's the creator? Who are the actors? When are we shooting? Where is it shooting? All that kind of stuff.” IfsKindI CanActorsStuffProjectsDirectAskingScriptsCreatorShooting Author:Dominic Monaghan
“The Electoral College is a project that calls on their judgment. If we don't like it, we can talk about how to eliminate it. I'm not quite convinced we should eliminate it completely. I think it's important to have a final check be somebody other than the Supreme Court. But given that it's there, we should take it seriously. And taking it seriously says they should exercise their judgment according to the moral values, the principles that are part of our constitutional tradition today. And those principles say equality.” IfsThinkingShouldImportantTodayValuesGivenMoralPrinciplesCollegeExerciseJudgmentProjectsTraditionCourtFinalsConvincedSupremeChecksSupreme CourtMoral ValuesElectoral College Author:Lawrence Lessig
“Maybe [success] is because I'm in China and I'm more open. Maybe it's my independent behavior, or because I participated in certain projects. I have no idea.” IdeasCertainBehaviorProjectsIndependentChinaNo Idea Author:Ai Weiwei
“If it's possible, I will have some noodles in the morning and start talking to people, start to think about a few things in my head - the project or a few ideas which are not finished or if there are possible directions and what will lead into another game. It's always like setting up some kind of game you can continuously play.” PeopleIfsThinkingKindIdeasPlayGamesTalkingMorningProjectsFinishedSettingSettingsNoodles Author:Ai Weiwei
“I'm doing quite a few things now. In one day, I will go to Kassel, Germany, for a documentary project I've been preparing for half a year. I will bring 1,001 Chinese to participate as my artwork there - any Chinese who is a Chinese passport holder and over eighteen years old could apply through my blog. I'm just bringing them to Kassel to see the art show, and pay their room and board.” YearsArtShowsRoomsPayHalfOne DayProjectsChineseBoardsGermanyPreparingDocumentariesBlogsEighteenArtworkPassportsHalf A YearEighteen Years Old Author:Ai Weiwei
“The Clinton camp has been able to project that kind of neo-McCarthy hysteria: that Russia is responsible for everything.” KindHas BeensAbleProjectsResponsibleClintonRussiaCampsHysteria Author:Julian Assange
“When employees tell you about their good ideas for the business, don't limit your response to asking questions, taking notes and following up. If you can, ask those people to lead their projects and take responsibility for them. From those experiences, they will then have built the confidence to take on more and you can take a further step back.” PeopleIfsIdeasAsksResponsibilityStepsLimitsProjectsBuiltAskingNotesResponseFollowingEmployeeGood IdeasTaking ResponsibilityAsking Questions Author:Richard Branson
“Between pets, comedy and toys, I try to surround myself with as much fun stuff as I can. That's how I pick projects. It's about whether I'm going to enjoy myself, enjoy the other actors, and enjoy the other people that I'm working with.” PeopleTryingI CanActorsFunStuffEnjoyComedyProjectsPicksPetSurroundToysFun Stuff Author:Eric Stonestreet
“I'm really focused on These Days and I'm trying to take it as far as I can - I feel like it's a strong body of work. I just want to give it the ame kind of attention I give all my projects.” WantGivingFeelsTryingKindI CanBodyStrongAttentionProjectsFocusedThese Days Author:Ab-Soul
“I remember when we were at Sundance, we were in Robert Redford's screening room, and I had never seen the film look so beautiful or sound so great. It was really big and really powerful, and I had a sense of accomplishment in finishing a project like this.” LooksBigsBeautifulRememberFilmSoundRoomsPowerfulProjectsAccomplishmentRemember WhenFinishingScreeningReally PowerfulSundanceSense Of Accomplishment Author:Steven Sebring
“If you listen to one project and think that's everything I do, you're completely wrong.” IfsThinkingProjects Author:Klayton
“I have half a dozen designers who work for me, they 'realise' most of the design work, and I act as the design director and the main point of client contact on each project.” HalfDesignDirectorsProjectsContactDesignerRealisingDozenClientsDesign Work Author:Michael Bierut
“Sometimes I will give some very vague directions to the designer that I'm working with on a particular project and they'll come back and surprise me with something that really shows a lot of their own 'hand' in it. Other times I'll have a really clear idea about how I want it done and I'll draw it out pretty precisely and say 'make it look exactly like this' and it will be something where it looks like I can say it was 'fully my design'. The work can also range between the two.” WantGivingLooksI CanTwoIdeasSometimesDoneShowsHandsClearDesignParticularProjectsDrawsSurpriseRangeDesignerVagueSurprise Me Author:Michael Bierut
“I was extremely frustrated, almost at the point of giving up on coming up with a name for the project (because I'm awful at it), when I decided to play the 'put a pen somewhere on a map with your eyes closed' game with South Africa. About the 5th try was St. Lucia in South Africa, which coincidentally also happens to be an idyllic sub-tropical seaside resort town. The name seemed to fit with the mood of the music, and so after a while it just stuck.” GivingTryingPlayHappensEyeGamesNamesFitGiving UpProjectsDecidedTownsSouthStuckMoodAwfulMapsPensSouth AfricaFrustratedResortsTropicalIdyllic Author:St. Lucia
“I actually didn't read the book [Fast Food Nation]. I wasn't aware of it. But when I read the script, I thought "Wow." It became a project that was just so exciting to be a part of. Maybe a few times in a career [you] get a chance for a role that really means something, and this was it.” MeanBookNationsChanceCareersRolesProjectsExcitingScriptsWowReally MeanFast FoodFast Food Nation Author:Wilmer Valderrama
“We negotiated the construction of a gas pipeline system along the bottom of the Black Sea to Bulgaria. We signed certain treaties of a technical nature, contracts for laying the gas pipeline. And then Bulgaria created such conditions that the project's implementation became impossible, which was obviously against its own national interests. The former Bulgarian leadership was, in fact, aware of that and acknowledged it. But we trusted them when we were launching that project. We sustained losses amounting to millions, several million dollars. We would not want to get into such situations.” WantFactsCertainBlackInterestLossSituationMillionsImpossibleSeaConditionsProjectsDollarsBottomFormerGasContractsConstructionTrustedMillion DollarsTreatiesImplementationPipelineLaunchingNational InterestsBulgariaBulgarians Author:Vladimir Putin
“Now we characterise Russian-Chinese relations as a strategic partnership, even a special strategic partnership. We have never had such a level of trust with China before. China is our major trade and economic partner among foreign states. We implement joint multi-billion projects. We cooperate not only within the UN Security Council, which is logical, as both China and Russia are permanent members of the UN Security Council, but also within such regional organisations as the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, BRICS, etc.” StatesLevelsEconomicSpecialSecurityMembersProjectsMajorsRelationTradeChinaPartnersBillionsRussiaChinesePermanentEtcLogicalCooperationPartnershipCouncilJointsStrategicOrganisationSecurity CouncilShanghaiBrics Author:Vladimir Putin
“We have wide-ranging joint projects in the nuclear energy sphere, logistics, machine building and trade as a whole [with China].” WholeEnergyBuildingProjectsMachinesTradeChinaWideNuclearSpheresJointsLogisticsNuclear Energy Author:Vladimir Putin
“We have good joint projects in the helicopter and aircraft manufacturing industry. We are considering cooperation and are actively cooperating in space. There are good prospects there [with China].” SpaceIndustryProjectsChinaCooperationConsideringJointsManufacturingProspectsAircraftHelicoptersCooperating Author:Vladimir Putin
“Under our regional cooperation projects, we are building roads and bridges. The scope of regional cooperation [with China] is constantly growing.” GrowingBuildingProjectsChinaBridgesCooperationScopeBuilding RoadsRegional Cooperation Author:Vladimir Putin
“At a time when the European project is facing challenges, it's especially important to show the benefits of economic integration by continuing to invest in our people and working to reduce inequality, both within and across our countries.” PeopleImportantCountryShowsChallengesEconomicBenefitsProjectsOur CountryInequalityContinuingIntegrationFacing ChallengesEconomic Integration Author:Barack Obama
“Bobby Martin has another project. He's building a house. He's out there at 6 o'clock in the morning hammering nails.” HouseMorningBuildingProjectsClockNails Author:Frank Zappa
“I soon found I could not talk about that in a vacuum without understanding the historical, cultural, political context, and giving it some legacy and some roots, and so then it just started to have tentacles that just spread out in all these places, and already a vicious project became pretty overwhelming in scope, and so it was a lot of diligent, day-to-day fighting with the footage, trying to get it down to a place where it was manageable and emotional.” GivingTryingPoliticalFightingFoundUnderstandingEmotionalProjectsRootsHistoricalSpreadLegacyOverwhelmingDay To DayViciousScopeVacuumsDiligentManageableTentacles Author:Ava DuVernay
“I was extremely lucky to get this project [Brief Interviews with Hideous Men]. It was one of those things that I worked on in college. A friend of mine asked me to do a stage reading of that book and I was just completely blown away because, at that point, I was like, 'Acting's having fun with your friends and making people laugh.'” PeopleMenBookReadingFunActingLaughingStageMinesCollegeLuckyProjectsHaving FunInterviewsMaking People LaughHideousBlown Away Author:John Krasinski
“We were looking to collaborate with someone on both those fronts [ writing and directing] and it ended up just being me [in Brief Interviews with Hideous Men]. So, at this point, it's the epitome of a passion project and I just hope people like it.” PeopleMenWritingPassionFrontsProjectsInterviewsJust BeingHideousBeing MeEpitomeJust Being Me Author:John Krasinski
“Suri is my daughter, she's very, very special to me, and this project took a lot of time and because it's my first feature I wanted her to know that she's so special to me. I thought that as she gets old that will mean more to her, that she's always the most important, and I wanted to give her a special thanks because she means everything to me.” KnowsGivingFirstsMeanImportantWantedSpecialProjectsDaughterThanksFeaturesMy DaughterSpecial To Me Author:Katie Holmes
“A lot of people don't feel like doing very much. Or one project is really all they can do at one time. I can have five or six things going at the same time. It doesn't bother me or tire me, but sometimes it does rattle me.” PeopleFeelsDoeI CanSometimesCan DoFiveSixProjectsBotherOne TimeTire Author:Debbie Reynolds
“It's hard not to be enthusiastic when you like what you're doing and I love what I do. I love writing stories, I love coming up with ideas for new projects and I love the people I work with, because I work with great writers and artists and directors and actors.” PeopleWritingIdeasHardStoriesArtistActorsDirectorsProjectsEnthusiasticGreat WritersWriting StoriesNew Projects Author:Stan Lee
“Everybody is excited about their projects and I'm excited too. It's not like working. It's like playing with your friends. When I was a kid, I'd say to my mother, "Can I go out and play with the kids now?" Now I'm out playing with the kids all day long.” LongPlayKidsMotherProjectsExcitedWorking It Author:Stan Lee
“While researching the project [The Fourth Phase] I stumbled across this amazing research by a scientist called Dr Gerard Pollack who had done studies on what he called a 'fourth phase' of water.” DoneWaterStudyProjectsResearchScientistFourthPhasesDrs Author:Travis Rice
“Miranda [Hentoff] is a complete musician. She's a composer, a singer. She writes scripts along - with her projects. And she's a superb teacher. Her teaching pupils have ranged from Itzhak Perlman to Sting.” WritingTeacherTeachingProjectsMusicianScriptsSingersComposerPupilsSuperbMiranda Author:Nat Hentoff
“President Obama projects a strong offense, but he faces a rebellious Congress focused on state's rights.” StatesFacesStrongPresidentRightsProjectsCongressFocusedPresident ObamaOffenseRebellious Author:Jesse Jackson
“Donald Trump is going to go farther than other presidents have gone in terms of making us more dependent on ourselves energy-wise, and to create billions of dollars in revenue, millions of jobs, some people project, over time.” PeopleJobsEnergyPresidentTermMillionsGoneWiseTrumpProjectsDollarsBillionsDependentRevenue Author:Kellyanne Conway
“It's always lovely to be part of a project that, on a creative level, is done for all the right reasons.” ReasonDoneLevelsCreativeProjectsLovely Author:Elaine Cassidy
“I'm really grateful for all the projects I've been involved in and the parts I've played.” InvolvedProjectsGrateful Author:Elaine Cassidy
“My interest in language is steadfast, but I think each project and its accompanying intentions dictate how language must be used.” ThinkingUsedLanguageInterestProjectsIntentionSteadfast Author:Vivek Shraya
“I have always considered the aesthetic of a project, including press photos, as a means to further the message of the art itself.” MeanArtProjectsMessagesPressesIncludingAesthetic Author:Vivek Shraya
“The 20th Century was a bloodbath, and for all the frustrations and failures of the project to unify Europe, the last five decades have been periods of unprecedented peace, growth, and prosperity in Europe.” Has BeensLastsGrowthFiveCenturyPeriodsProjectsEuropeProsperityDecadesFrustration20th CenturyUnprecedented Author:Barack Obama
“What happened was I was invited to meet Tom [Hardy] to discuss a project that he had in his mind about an adventurer who returns to England from Africa with secrets and with a history, and the original idea was set some 80 years later than it is now. But in the conversation I really took to the idea and I'd wanted for a while to set something in 1830 and 1840 in London, so it struck a chord.” YearsMindIdeasWantedSecretHappenedReturnConversationProjectsEnglandOriginalsLondonTomsInvitedChordsAdventurerHardyOriginal Ideas Author:Steven Knight
“I spoke to Tom's [Hardy] manager and said, "While we're talking about Taboo, do you mind if I also mention this film project that I've got, which is called Locke, and I need Tom to play the lead." And we spoke about both in that meeting and in the end the deal was that I would do Taboo if he did Locke and vice versa.” IfsNeedsMindSaidEndsPlayFilmDealsTalkingProjectsMeetingsVicesManagersSpokesTomsTabooVice VersaHardy Author:Steven Knight
“We love the flexibility that print and digital formats give us, and diving deep on a print feature can be one step in a longer project that generates a lot of digital stories.” GivingStoriesStepsProjectsFeaturesDigitalPrintFlexibilityFormatDivingDiving Deep Author:Clara Jeffery
“It's a generational project just to get America to live up fully to its ideals and to have the kind of society where everybody has a shot, and every kid is getting a good education, and people are getting living wages, and they have decent retirement.” PeopleKindKidsAmericaProjectsShotsIdealsDecentRetirementWagesGood EducationLiving Wage Author:Barack Obama
“As long as somebody is guaranteed a certain number of sales you know you're gonna keep seeing these vanity projects. I mean they have a place, they serve a function they can bring people into comics.” PeopleKnowsMeanLongCertainNumbersSeeingProjectsFunctionVanity Author:Gerard Way
“I still make paintings and use the figure; it's hard to do and hard to succeed. On some levels, because I am working with black figures and black pigment, it's even harder because I have to be more responsible for the image. I try to be really careful about the presence the figure projects.” TryingStillsHardUseBlackLevelsFiguresPaintingSucceedProjectsHarderResponsibleCarefulPigment Author:Kerry James Marshall
“If you're going to undertake any project, like a book, you have to show up to give.” IfsGivingBookShowsProjects Author:Simon Sinek
“Disney became hated. It became one of the evil corporations. It used to be loved. They couldn't hold onto talent; they couldn't attract talent. Some of their products did badly. The Californialand project was a $5 billion waste of money. They couldn't make it work. The magic had gone, no pun intended.” UsedEvilGoneMagicTalentProductsWasteProjectsBillionsUsed To BeHatedCorporationsPun Author:Simon Sinek
“I don't feel qualified to comment on whether or not the internet has damaged collaboration and creativity. That is not my experience... my experience is that I have had access to meeting people online that I might otherwise not have met, gone on to meet them in real life and collaborated on fun projects.” PeopleFeelsRealMightFunCreativityGoneInternetMetsProjectsMeetingsAccessReal LifeOnlineCommentCollaborationQualified Author:Horace Panter