I think all good architecture should challenge you, make you start asking questions. You don't have to understand it. You may not… — 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… — 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
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… — 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… — Thom Mayne Copy Share Image
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
I believe that artistic activities change people. You do effect change. I see architecture as a political, social and cultural act -… — Thom Mayne Copy Share Image
Architecture is the beginning of something because it's - if you're not involved in first principles, if you're not involved in the… — 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
I've always been interested in an architecture of resistance - architecture that has some power over the way we live. Working under… — Thom Mayne Copy Share Image
I enjoy working with people. I understand that as a necessity. And clearly that's something that develops as you get older. And… — Thom Mayne Copy Share Image
Find a place that you are comfortable with. Don't be afraid to make mistakes. Make a lot of mistakes. — 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