#arch

People can inhabit anything. And they can be miserable in anything and ecstatic in anything. More and more I think that architecture has nothing to do with it. Of course, that's both liberating and alarming. ↗

— Rem Koolhaas

#anything #architecture #both #course #ecstatic

The great problem of the concert hall is that the shoebox is the ideal shape for acoustics but that no architect worth their names wants to build a shoebox. ↗

— Rem Koolhaas

#architect #build #concert #concert hall #great

The intellectual force of the West is still dominant, but other cultures are getting stronger. I expect that we will develop a new way of thinking in architecture and urban planning, and that less will be based on our models. ↗

— Rem Koolhaas

#based #cultures #develop #dominant #expect

My Oneness will stop the machine that overtakes people's minds. Do we really need new clothes, or new cars, or new TVs? Should we really ingest food made from chemicals not of this earth? Should we really give our money to people who don't need it but want it to fill the evil greed inside of their body? No, we don't, but people need me to show them how to be free." Jimmy, "The One ↗

— Teresa Lo

#capitalism #delusions #food #greed #hallucinations

The Carnegie Foundation is well aware of the fact that their reports frequently find their way to dusty archives in academic institutions, but occasionally people pick up a segment of a report and act upon it. ↗

— C. Everett Koop

#act #archives #aware #carnegie #dusty

The central task of science is to arrive, stage by stage, at a clearer comprehension of nature, but this does not at all mean, as it is sometimes claimed to mean, a search for mastery over nature. ↗

— Lewis Thomas

#central #claimed #clearer #comprehension #does

We must continue research into new forms of energy and into more efficient use of existing energy sources. ↗

— Mac Thornberry

#efficient #energy #energy sources #existing #forms

I don't like to search too much. I find it is easier when romance finds you. ↗

— Michelle Trachtenberg

#easier #find #finds #i #like

The human race is a race of cowards; and I am not only marching in that procession but carrying a banner. ↗

— Mark Twain

#banner #carrying #cowards #human #human race

We need your help. I need your help. We need money for research. It may not save my life. It may save my children's life. It may save someone you love. And it's very important. ↗

— Jim Valvano

#help #i #important #life #love