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Architecture Quotes by Bernard Tschumi
- Concepts differentiate architecture from mere building...A bicycle shed with a concept is architecture; a cathedral without one is just a building.
- To really appreciate architecture, you may even need to commit a murder.
- I never talked about architecture with my father, which I regret
- The general public will almost always stand behind the traditionalists. In the public eye, architecture is about comfort, about shelter, about bricks and mortar.
- The ultimate pleasure of architecture lies in the most forbidden parts of the architectural act, where limits are perverted and prohibitions are transgressed.
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