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> [“More important, Los Angeles has seen in this century the greatest concentration of fantasy-production, as an industry and as an institution, in the history of Western man. In the guise of Hollywood, Los Angeles gave us the movies as we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reyner-banham/more-important-los-angeles-has-seen-in-this-century-the-greatest/)

Reyner Banham

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## More by Reyner Banham

> [“More important, Los Angeles has seen in this century the greatest concentration of fantasy-production, as an industry and as an institution, in the history…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reyner-banham/more-important-los-angeles-has-seen-in-this-century-the-greatest/)

Reyner Banham

> [In a landscape where nothing officially exists (otherwise it would not be ‘desert’), absolutely anything becomes thinkable, and may consequently happen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reyner-banham/in-a-landscape-where-nothing-officially-exists-otherwise-it-would-not/)

Reyner Banham

> [When your house contains such a complex of piping, flues, ducts, wires, lights, inlets, outlets, ovens, sinks, refuse disposers, hi-fi re-verberators, antennae, conduits, freezers,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/reyner-banham/when-your-house-contains-such-a-complex-of-piping-flues-ducts-wires/)

Reyner Banham

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