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For me the meaning of my work is much more fluid. ↗

— Thom Mayne

#me #meaning #meaning of #more #much

I'm often called an old-fashioned modernist. But the modernists had the absurd idea that architecture could heal the world. That's impossible. And today nobody expects architects to have these grand visions any more. ↗

— Thom Mayne

#any #architects #architecture #called #could

I've learned that in order to achieve what I wanted, it made more sense to negotiate than to defend the autonomy of my work by pounding my fist on the table. ↗

— Thom Mayne

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So what I do is supervise the boarding process trying to get the shows the way I'd like them to be. And in some cases I've completely redone a board myself even though I'm not credited for it. ↗

— Craig McCracken

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Our Age of Anxiety is, in great part, the result of trying to do today's job with yesterday's tools and yesterday's concepts. ↗

— Marshall McLuhan

#anxiety #concepts #great #job #our

It's too simplistic to advance the notion of the autonomy of art as a reason for turning away from the public. You can have autonomy and simultaneously have connections with the social and political world. ↗

— Thom Mayne

#art #autonomy #away #connections #notion

The American fans would love to see me fight anybody. ↗

— Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

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Scientific reality is the modern human condition, and you can see that in the symbolic nature of my work. ↗

— Thom Mayne

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Many have left their families to defend our freedom. We salute their bravery; we express our appreciation and support to their families. And we pray for their safe return. ↗

— Bob Taft

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What happened on September 11 compels us to focus on who we are as Americans, what we stand for, what really matters in our lives - family, friends, faith and freedom. ↗

— Bob Taft

#faith #family #focus #freedom #friends