- Faith
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Artist
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- Nov 07, 2020
How does an artist know when the line that he just painted is good or not good? That's the catch. De Kooning was the greatest of my contemporaries in art, and he knew when he'd done a good line. When he didn't, he threw it away. I wish I'd thrown away some of mine.
- Art
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- Nov 07, 2020
Architecture is basically the design of interiors, the art of organizing interior space.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The people with money to build today are corporations - they are our popes and Medicis. The sense of pride is why they build.
- Earth
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like the thought that what we are to do on this earth is embellish it for its greater beauty, so that oncoming generations can look back to the shapes we leave here and get the same thrill that I get in looking back at theirs - at the Parthenon, at Chartres Cathedral.
- Building
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- Nov 07, 2020
Purpose is not necessary to make a building beautiful.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's only one reason for my whole life, and that's art. Nothing else counts; nothing else gives me pleasure; nothing else gives me satisfaction.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I get between nine and ten hours of sleep. Go to bed at 8:30 and get up at 6:00 or 6:30 if I oversleep.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's no such thing as old age. I'm no different now than I was 50 years ago. I'm just having more fun.
- Enemy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Dullness is the enemy.
- Building
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- Nov 07, 2020
I guess I can't be a great architect. Great architects have a recognizable style. But if every building I did were the same, it would be pretty boring.
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's no worse feeling than seeing my buildings and realizing the mistakes.
- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
The future of architecture is culture.
- Buildings
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- Nov 07, 2020
Houston is undoubtedly my showcase city. I saved all my best buildings for Houston.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
You cannot not know history.
- Get
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- Nov 07, 2020
Glibness will get your anywhere.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
I guess I want to make money just like other people, perhaps more than most people.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020