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I've been such an outsider my whole life. — Thom Mayne

The age of recalcitrance is over. The best solution is no longer just to regurgitate a 19th-century design. — Thom Mayne

The huge problem in our society is the enormous ignorance of the ideas that underlie modern art. — Thom Mayne

The multiplicity of ideas is what I'm interested in. — Thom Mayne

I enjoy working with people. I understand that as a necessity. And clearly that's something that develops as you get older. And I've grown into that. — Thom Mayne

Our idea of nature is increasingly being determined by scientific developments. And they have become decisive for our image of reality. — Thom Mayne

Descriptions of my work depress me. They make me feel pinned down. — Thom Mayne

I'm trying not to pay too much attention to the rankings because calculations can distract you. — Novak Djokovic

Each season I strive to design a forward-thinking and effortless collection with a very clean minimalist aesthetic. — Francisco Costa

Do I provoke as a method of investigation? Of course. That's the essence of architecture. Do I do it with gusto? I do. — Thom Mayne

Art in progress. MAK has occupied a unique and valuable space as international host for discourse between the arts and architecture. — Thom Mayne

Miseria fortes viros, Ronan," Adam said.
When he said "Ronan," it meant: Ronan. — Maggie Stiefvater

New York is this cacophony - a collection of radical differences, an agreement of non sequiturs. The diversity and intensity are startling. — Thom Mayne

Architecture is a result of a process of asking questions and testing them and re-interrogating and changing in a repetitive way. — Thom Mayne

I'm not a tabula rasa type. In some ways, the more constraints I have, the work is more interesting to me. — Thom Mayne

I'm a private person by nature. I live in my brain half the time, not the world, and I'm not a natural negotiator. But I've learned to negotiate. — Thom Mayne

I'm interested in conflict and confrontation. — Thom Mayne

Look around at day-to-day life for ideas, and it finds its way into your work. — Thom Mayne

Great leaders inspire, they don't manipulate. — Andy Mineo

Men make history, not the other way around. — Harry S. Truman

College ain't so much where you been as how you talk when you get back. — Ossie Davis

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

Denial is not just a river in Egypt. — James Patterson

Being the exception was no longer a mysterious, special thing. I had become his weakness. — Jamie McGuire

Somehow, architecture alters the way we think about the world and the way we behave. Any serious architecture, as a litmus test, has to be that. — Thom Mayne

For me the meaning of my work is much more fluid. — Thom Mayne

I have a preference for rough architecture, real, inexpensive, unfinished. — Thom Mayne

Find a place that you are comfortable with. Don't be afraid to make mistakes. Make a lot of mistakes. — Thom Mayne

I've grown up a little bit. I understand the importance of the negotiation. It is a collective act. — Thom Mayne

We only exist in terms of how we think we exist. Meaning every cultural development is fabricated and can be fabricated. — Thom Mayne

Large-scale public projects require the agreement of large numbers of people. — Thom Mayne

You can't make anything authentic by asking people what they want because they don't know what they want. That's what they're looking at you for. — Thom Mayne

My buildings don't speak in words but by means of their own spaciousness. — Thom Mayne

I lived in a state of rage from 12 to 20. Until college, I was beyond an outsider. I was a voyeur of life. — Thom Mayne

Architecture is the story of how we see ourselves. It is the architect's job to service everyday life. — Thom Mayne

I think all good architecture should challenge you, make you start asking questions. You don't have to understand it. You may not like it. That's OK. — Thom Mayne

Architecture is a negotiated art, and it's highly political, and if you want to make buildings, there is diplomacy required. — Thom Mayne