“So what we have tried to do in our later buildings is to try to be completely consistent, as a painter is consistent or as a sculptor is consistent. Architecture also must be very consistent.” TryingArtistBuildingArchitecturePainterConsistentSculptors Author:Minoru Yamasaki
“When I concentrate on a specific site or place for which I am going to design a building, I try to plumb its depths, its form, its history and its sensuous qualities.” TryingFormQualityDesignBuildingDepthSiteSensuous Book:Architektur denken Source: Architektur denken
“What I try to do is the art of building, and the art of building is the art of construction; it is not only about forms and shapes and images.” TryingArtFormBuildingShapesConstruction Author:Peter Zumthor
“Every building you come out of, there is a parasite there exercising his constitutional right to make money out of being a parasite, trying to take your photo. Frankly, folks, I go to work, I do my job. I really concentrate, and if you go to the cinema, pay your money and have a good time. That's the end of it, as far as I'm concerned.” IfsTryingEndsJobsPayBuildingExerciseConcernedFolksMaking MoneyCinemaGood TimesHaving A Good TimeParasites Author:Russell Crowe
“I feel that non-violence is really the only way that we can follow because violence is just so self-defeating. A riot ends up creating many more problems for the negro community than it solved. We can through violence burn down a building, but you can't establish justice. You can murder a murderer, but you can't murder murder through violence. You can murder a hater, but you can't murder hate. And what we're trying to get rid of is hate, injustice, and all of these other things that continue the long night of man's inhumanity to man.” MenWayFeelsTryingLongEndsSelfProblemNightHateCommunityJusticeViolenceBuildingCreatingMurderInjusticeMurdererRiotNon ViolenceInhumanityLong NightsInhumanity To Man Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Imagine a set of people all living in the same building. Half of them think it is a hotel, the other half think it is a prison. Those who think it a hotel might regard it as quite intolerable, and those who thought it was a prison might decide that it was really surprisingly comfortable. So that what seems the ugly doctrine is one that comforts and strengthens you in the end. The people who try to hold an optimistic view of this world would become pessimists: the people who hold a pretty stern view of it become optimistic.” PeopleThinkingWorldTryingEndsSeemsMightViewsHalfImagineThis WorldBuildingComfortComfortableRegardPrisonUglyDoctrineOptimisticHotelPessimistOther Half Author:C. S. Lewis
“Perhaps we have failed as human beings. Perhaps we have embarrassed ourselves to the natural world. We have been rigorous and willful in all the wrong ways. But it doesn't have to be this way. Maybe you don't want to deal with (marching), the permanent marker and poster board. But try something else. Carry someone's groceries. Chat with the custodian in your office building. Donate blood. Live in Rwanda for a year. Write letters to the Department of Buildings. Learn to knit. It is only going to get better from here on out.” WorldWayWantWritingTryingYearsHumansHas BeensNaturalHuman BeingsDealsBloodBuildingOfficeLettersPermanentGet BetterBoardsDepartmentEmbarrassedNatural WorldGroceriesPostersWrong WayDonateMarkersRwandaCustodiansOffice BuildingsDonating Blood Author:Sufjan Stevens
“The parent who tries to train without setting a good example is building with one hand, and pulling down with the other.” TryingHandsParentExampleBuildingTrainSettingSettingsPullingGood ExamplesSetting A Good Example Book:The Duties of Parents Source: The Duties of Parents