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Poetry is not only dream and vision; it is the skeleton architecture of our lives. It lays the foundations for a future of change, a bridge across our fears of what has never been before.

~Audre Lorde

Topics: Across Architecture Been Before Bridge Change Dream Fears Foundations Future Lays Lives Never Only Our Our Lives Poetry Skeleton Vision

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I quit college. I was studying architecture for about a year.

~Barry Mann

Topics: About About A Year Architecture College Quit Studying Year I Quit

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Melrose is the finest remaining specimen of Gothic architecture in Scotland. Some of the sculptured flowers in the cloister arches are remarkably beautiful and delicate, and the two windows - the south and east oriels - are of a lightness and grace of execution really surprising.

~Bayard Taylor

Topics: Architecture Beautiful Delicate East Execution Finest Flowers Gothic Grace Lightness Really Remaining Remarkably Scotland Some South Specimen Surprising Two Windows

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When you found a company, you have the original vision, you make all the original decisions, you know every employee, you kind of know every aspect of the product architecture and its limitations.

~Ben Horowitz

Topics: Architecture Aspect Company Decisions Employee Every Found Kind Know Limitations Make Original Product Vision You

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At this present time, matter is still the best way to think of architecture, but I'm not so sure for very long. The computer is radicalizing the way we think about our world.

~Ben Nicholson

Topics: About Architecture Best Best Way Computer Long Matter Our Our World Present Present Time Still Sure Think Time Very Way World

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If you're into architecture and you're from the West, everything is hors d'oeuvres for working to rebuild the Temple. Ultimately you're led there. You can't escape it.

~Ben Nicholson

Topics: Architecture Escape Everything Hors Led Rebuild Temple Ultimately West Working You

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You can just drift unhappily towards this vision of heaven on earth, and ultimately that is what architecture is a vision of: Heaven on earth, at it's best.

~Ben Nicholson

Topics: Architecture Best Drift Earth Heaven Just Towards Ultimately Vision You

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My mother took me to Venice one time and showed me all the houses where famous composers used to live. It gave me a fascination for music and the city, but also for architecture. It was a valuable lesson.

~Ben Van Berkel

Topics: Also Architecture City Composers Famous Fascination Gave Houses Lesson Live Me Mother Music One Time Time Took Used Valuable Venice Where

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What has happened to architecture since the second world war that the only passers-by who can contemplate it without pain are those equipped with a white stick and a dog?

~Bernard Levin

Topics: Architecture Contemplate Dog Equipped Happened Only Pain Second Second World War Since Stick Those War White Who Without World World War

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The general public will almost always stand behind the traditionalists. In the public eye, architecture is about comfort, about shelter, about bricks and mortar.

~Bernard Tschumi

Topics: About Almost Always Architecture Behind Bricks Comfort Eye General General Public Public Public Eye Shelter Stand Will

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