#arc

If architecture had nothing to do with art, it would be astonishingly easy to build houses, but the architect's task - his most difficult task - is always that of selecting. ↗

— Arne Jacobsen

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In addressing a task, one almost always has several possible options, sometimes only a few, and they may all be practical and functional. But they lack the aesthetic aspect that raises it to architecture. ↗

— Arne Jacobsen

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I've been writing for a long time. I sat down to write my first novel in the middle of March of 1982. ↗

— J. A. Jance

#down #first #i #long #long time

The search for the symbolic value of phonemes, each taken as a whole, runs the risk of giving rise to ambiguous and trivial interpretations because phonemes are complex entities, bundles of different distinctive features. ↗

— Roman Jakobson

#because #complex #different #distinctive #each

Research your idea. See if there's a demand. A lot of people have great ideas, but they don't know if there's a need for it. You also have to research your competition. ↗

— Magic Johnson

#competition #demand #great #great ideas #idea

Architecture is the art of how to waste space. ↗

— Philip Johnson

#art #how #space #waste

All architects want to live beyond their deaths. ↗

— Philip Johnson

#architects #beyond #deaths #live #their

Do some research on the effects of television and your brain, and I promise you you'll have a decision to make when it comes to television, especially with what you watch. ↗

— Angus T. Jones

#comes #decision #effects #especially #i

Comedy is unusual people in real situations; farce is real people in unusual situations. ↗

— Chuck Jones

#farce #people #real #real people #real situations

Time spent researching varies from book to book. Some novels require months, even years of research, others very little. I try to do most of my research before I begin but inevitably questions emerge during the writing. ↗

— Jonathan Kellerman

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