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I have designed the most buildings of any living American architect.

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Alexander Jackson Davis
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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. I think all writers of my age who are brought up on films probably by the age of 16 have seen many more films than they have read classics of literature. We can't help but be influenced by film. Film has got some great tricks that it's taught writers.
  • 2. And I'm afraid in this day and age trust which I count so you know I love loyalty. I love trust.
  • 3. An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her.

2 Amazing

  • 1. Well when you're the youngest of five parents kind of lose interest more and more through the children. I think my eldest brother was under loads of pressure to do something amazing with his life but by the time I came around they were like 'Well let's hope he doesn't kill a guy.'
  • 2. I love Jessica Simpson. I love her voice. She's amazing.
  • 3. The last real movie stars were probably Redford and Newman. And things were different then. There wasn't this amazing amount of magazines and information about them.

3 Anger

  • 1. I have to say that anger is the blanket that comes around me and that blunts and blurs my sense of proportion.
  • 2. Generalised anger and frustration is something that gets you in the studio and gets you to work – though it's not necessarily evident in anything that's finished.
  • 3. I think that all the anger and cynicism comes from suppressing things that we always wanted.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. Never tell a secret to a bride or a groom wait until they have been married longer.
  • 2. The heart of marriage is memories and if the two of you happen to have the same ones and can savor your reruns then your marriage is a gift from the gods.
  • 3. Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can't sleep with the window shut and a woman who can't sleep with the window open.

5 Architecture

  • 1. There will never be great architects or great architecture without great patrons.
  • 2. The ancient Romans built their greatest masterpieces of architecture their amphitheaters for wild beasts to fight in.
  • 3. If architecture is frozen music then music must be liquid architecture.
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