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 Copy Share Image
I've learned that in order to achieve what I wanted, it made more sense to negotiate than to defend the autonomy of my work by pounding my fist on the table. — 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
I think my clients would tell you I'm a problem solver. I'm not there to agree with people. I'm there to articulate a point… — Thom Mayne Copy Share Image
Architecture is involved with the world, but at the same time it has a certain autonomy. This autonomy cannot be explained in terms of… — Thom Mayne Copy Share Image
Large-scale public projects require the agreement of large numbers of people. — Thom Mayne Copy Share Image
