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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. Of course the ideal scenario for parenting is obviously two parents of a mature age.
  • 2. If you love somebody you love them. My parents had a 25-year age gap between them and my mum was the breadwinner my dad the house husband. I'm a strong believer that a good relationship can work whatever the situation.
  • 3. Here's my Golden Rule for a tarnished age: Be fair with others but keep after them until they're fair with you.

2 Amazing

  • 1. It's really sad looking at people like Lindsay Lohan. She's an amazing actress but you see what happens when people know too much about your personal life. They start not being able to look at you the same way professionally. I don't want that to happen to me.
  • 2. Try as hard as we may for perfection the net result of our labors is an amazing variety of imperfectness. We are surprised at our own versatility in being able to fail in so many different ways.
  • 3. When you're true to who you are amazing things happen.

3 Anger

  • 1. Anger's not a good emotion.
  • 2. I don't play pyrotechnic scales. I play about frustration patience anger. Music is an extension of my soul.
  • 3. There was never an angry man that thought his anger unjust.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. Love is not weakness. It is strong. Only the sacrament of marriage can contain it.
  • 2. You marry somebody you love everything about them. You grow to learn about them. You never learn everything.
  • 3. Marriage is a coming together for better or for worse hopefully enduring and intimate to the degree of being sacred.

5 Architecture

  • 1. Architecture is involved with the world but at the same time it has a certain autonomy. This autonomy cannot be explained in terms of traditional logic because the most interesting parts of the work are non-verbal. They operate within the terms of the work like any art.
  • 2. Warmth isn't what minimalists are thought to have.
  • 3. It's my goal to make a building as immaterial as possible. Architecture is a very material thing. It takes a lot of resources so why not eliminate what you don't need as long as you're able to achieve the same result?
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