I fought violently for the autonomy of architecture. It's a very passive, weak profession where people deliver a service. You want a… — Thom Mayne Copy Share Image
Look around at day-to-day life for ideas, and it finds its way into your work. — Thom Mayne Copy Share Image
Who I am as an architect and the history of my work - that's clear to anybody who hires me. But I… — Thom Mayne Copy Share Image
In architecture, you arrive so late. I look at doctors, lawyers I know, and they're all buying boats and bailing out at… — Thom Mayne Copy Share Image
In Paris, there has to be a presence. History becomes the most interesting when it's compared to the present. I mean there's… — Thom Mayne Copy Share Image
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.… — Thom Mayne Copy Share Image
There is no modern prototype for a campus. You have to have a completely different model which has to do with transparency and exposing… — Thom Mayne Copy Share Image
Architecture is a negotiated art, and it's highly political, and if you want to make buildings, there is diplomacy required. — Thom Mayne Copy Share Image
We're producing spaces that accommodate human activity. And what I'm interested in is not the styling of that, but the relationship of that as… — Thom Mayne Copy Share Image
No matter what I've done, what I've tried to do, everybody says it can't be done. And it's continuous across the complete spectrum of… — Thom Mayne Copy Share Image
I'm not a tabula rasa type. In some ways, the more constraints I have, the work is more interesting to me. — Thom Mayne Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I think a lot of people have the Frank Lloyd Wright model in their brains. The architect comes in with this act of creation… — Thom Mayne Copy Share Image
