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There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds.

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Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Category: Architecture

Authors

A. A. MilneA. B. YehoshuaA. Bartlett GiamattiA. C. BensonA. E. HousmanA. E. van VogtA. J. JacobsA. J. LangerA. J. LieblingA. J. McLean

Topics Index

1 Age

  • 1. The excess of our youth are checks written against our age and they are payable with interest thirty years later.
  • 2. Age does not protect you from love. But love to some extent protects you from age.
  • 3. Any new financial order for the world must tackle the three chief challenges of our age.

2 Amazing

  • 1. It's just amazing that there are so many prejudices even now.
  • 2. I suppose it's amazing how quick life goes by when you have children.
  • 3. The difference between Marilyn Monroe and the early Pamela Anderson is not that great. What's amazing is that the taste of American men and international tastes in terms of beauty have essentially stayed the same. Styles change but our view of beauty stays the same.

3 Anger

  • 1. Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight.
  • 2. Do not follow vain desires for verily he who prospers is preserved from lust greed and anger.
  • 3. Somebody hits me I'm going to hit him back. Even if it does look like he hasn't eaten in a while.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. Never tell a secret to a bride or a groom wait until they have been married longer.
  • 2. And this year is going to be the 25th anniversary of the 17-0 team the only undefeated season.
  • 3. As the third anniversary of the September 11th attacks draws near we must ensure our nation is prepared to handle the continued threat of violence and terrorism on our country.

5 Architecture

  • 1. 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?
  • 2. I have designed the most buildings of any living American architect.
  • 3. Architecture should speak of its time and place but yearn for timelessness.
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