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“[ Brancusi ] has had more influence on my work than most architects.”
“Life is chaotic, dangerous, and surprising. Buildings should reflect that.”
“Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness.”
“I think my best skill as an architect is the achievement of hand-to-eye coordination. I am able to transfer a sketch into a model into the building.”
“I am obsessed with architecture. It is true, I am restless, trying to find myself as an architect, and how best to contribute in this world filled with contradiction, disparity, and inequality, even passion and opportunity.”
“I get that a lot because I've hung around with a lot of artists and I'm very close to a lot of them. I'm very involved in their work; I think a lot of my ideas have grown out of it, and that there's been some give and take.”
“I approach each building as a sculptural object, a spatial container, a space with light and air, a response to context and appropriateness of feeling and spirit. To this container, this sculpture, the user brings his baggage, his program, and interacts with it to accommodate his needs. If he can't do that, I've failed.”
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“Life is chaotic, dangerous, and surprising. Buildings should reflect that.”
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Frank Gehry on Constantin Brâncuși
“[Brancusi] has had more influence on my work than most architects.”
