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

I've been such an outsider my whole life.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Thom Mayne quotes: 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Thom Mayne quotes: I'm interested in conflict and confrontation.

I'm interested in conflict and confrontation.

Thom Mayne quotes: 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.

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

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 quotes: Architecture is a result of a process of asking questions and testing them and re-interrogating and changing in a repetitive way.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Thom Mayne quotes: 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.

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 quotes: I have a preference for rough architecture, real, inexpensive, unfinished.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Thom Mayne quotes: 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.

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 quotes: My buildings don't speak in words but by means of their own spaciousness.

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

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

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 quotes: Architecture is the story of how we see ourselves. It is the architect's job to service everyday life.

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

Thom Mayne quotes: 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.

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

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