--- title: "3 Questions Quotes By Thom Mayne" description: "3 Questions quotes by Thom Mayne. Plus more from Thom Mayne and more Questions sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cc/thom-mayne-12101_architecture_i-think-all-good-architecture-should-cha_95956.jpg" --- > [I think all good architecture should challenge you, make you start asking questions. You don't have to understand it. You may not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thom-mayne/i-think-all-good-architecture-should-challenge-you-make-you-start/) [Thom Mayne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thom-mayne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cc/thom-mayne-12101_architecture_i-think-all-good-architecture-should-cha_95956.jpg) > [Architecture is a result of a process of asking questions and testing them and re-interrogating and changing in a repetitive way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thom-mayne/architecture-is-a-result-of-a-process-of-asking-questions-and-testing/) [Thom Mayne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thom-mayne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67d/thom-mayne-12101_architecture_architecture-is-a-result-of-a-process-of_1440546.jpg) > [I've always been interested in an architecture of resistance - architecture that has some power over the way we live. Working under…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thom-mayne/i-ve-always-been-interested-in-an-architecture-of-resistance/) [Thom Mayne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thom-mayne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c5/thom-mayne-12101_alternatives_i-ve-always-been-interested-in-an-archit_2517091.jpg) ## Other authors on Questions - [Shannon L. 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You don't have to understand it. You may not like it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thom-mayne/i-think-all-good-architecture-should-challenge-you-make-you-start/) [Thom Mayne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thom-mayne/) > [The multiplicity of ideas is what I'm interested in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thom-mayne/the-multiplicity-of-ideas-is-what-i-m-interested-in/) [Thom Mayne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thom-mayne/) > [I've been such an outsider my whole life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thom-mayne/i-ve-been-such-an-outsider-my-whole-life/) [Thom Mayne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thom-mayne/) > [For me the meaning of my work is much more fluid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thom-mayne/for-me-the-meaning-of-my-work-is-much-more-fluid/) [Thom Mayne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thom-mayne/) > [The multiplicity of ideas is what Im interested in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thom-mayne/the-multiplicity-of-ideas-is-what-im-interested-in/) [Thom Mayne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thom-mayne/) > [There is no modern prototype for a campus. You have to have a completely different model which has to do with transparency and exposing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thom-mayne/there-is-no-modern-prototype-for-a-campus-you-have-to-have-a/) [Thom Mayne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thom-mayne/) > [Architecture is a negotiated art, and it's highly political, and if you want to make buildings, there is diplomacy required.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thom-mayne/architecture-is-a-negotiated-art-and-it-s-highly-political-and-if-you/) [Thom Mayne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thom-mayne/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thom-mayne/we-re-producing-spaces-that-accommodate-human-activity-and-what-i-m/) [Thom Mayne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thom-mayne/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thom-mayne/no-matter-what-i-ve-done-what-i-ve-tried-to-do-everybody-says-it-can/) [Thom Mayne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thom-mayne/) > [I'm not a tabula rasa type. In some ways, the more constraints I have, the work is more interesting to me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thom-mayne/i-m-not-a-tabula-rasa-type-in-some-ways-the-more-constraints-i-have/) [Thom Mayne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thom-mayne/i-lived-in-a-state-of-rage-from-12-to-20-until-college-i-was-beyond/) [Thom Mayne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thom-mayne/) > [I think a lot of people have the Frank Lloyd Wright model in their brains. The architect comes in with this act of creation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thom-mayne/i-think-a-lot-of-people-have-the-frank-lloyd-wright-model-in-their/) [Thom Mayne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thom-mayne/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thom-mayne/i-think-my-clients-would-tell-you-i-m-a-problem-solver-i-m-not-there/) [Thom Mayne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thom-mayne/) > [Architecture is involved with the world, but at the same time it has a certain autonomy. This autonomy cannot be explained in terms of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thom-mayne/architecture-is-involved-with-the-world-but-at-the-same-time-it-has-a/) [Thom Mayne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thom-mayne/) > [Large-scale public projects require the agreement of large numbers of people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thom-mayne/large-scale-public-projects-require-the-agreement-of-large-numbers-of/) [Thom Mayne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thom-mayne/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/questions/thom-mayne/#itemlist", "name": "3 Questions Quotes By Thom Mayne", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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. 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