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When students leave college, they are like children who know nothing about the problems of life, and don't have a political stance.

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Here, then, is what I wanted to tell you of my architecture. I created it with courage and idealism, but also with…
When you have a large space to conquer, the curve is the natural solution.
I deliberately disregarded the right angle and rationalist architecture designed with ruler and square to boldly enter the world of curves and…
I was attracted by the curve — the liberated, sensual curve suggested by the possibilities of new technology yet so often recalled…
My work is not about 'form follows function,' but 'form follows beauty' or, even better, 'form follows feminine.'
Architecture does not change anything. It's always on the side of the wealthy. The important thing is to believe that it can…
Camus says in 'The Stranger' that reason is the enemy of imagination. Sometimes you have to put reason aside and make something beautiful.
I had some good opportunities. I was lucky to have had the chance to do things differently. Architecture is about surprise.
We hated Bauhaus. It was a bad time in architecture. They just didn’t have any talent. All they had were rules. Even…
Architecture was my way of expressing my ideals: to be simple, to create a world equal to everyone, to look at people…
We need to feel that life is important; we need that fantasy so we can live a little better.
We have to have dreams, even if they never come true.

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As long as you know men are like children, you know everything! — Coco Chanel
Atheists put on false courage and alacrity in the midst of their darkness and apprehensions, like children who, when they fear to… — Alexander Pope
We are like children, who stand in need of masters to enlighten us and direct us; God has provided for this, by… — Thomas Aquinas
Science is one thing, wisdom is another. Science is an edged tool, with which men play like children, and cut their own… — Arthur Eddington
Princes enjoy themselves like children in the company of ordinary human beings. — Edmond de Goncourt
Yeah, I treat all my heroines like children now. I pick them up, I cuddle them, I call them baby... — Shahrukh Khan
Death is a vast mystery, but there are two things we can say about it: It is absolutely certain that we will… — Sogyal Rinpoche
In early youth, as we contemplate our coming life, we are like children in a theatre before the curtain is raised, sitting… — Arthur Schopenhauer
Debts are nowadays like children begot with pleasure, but brought forth in pain. — Moliere
We must open our eyes to admire God who hides and at the same time reveals himself in things and introduces us… — Pope John Paul II
Zen's greatest contribution is to give you an alternative to the serious man. The serious man has made the world, the serious… — Rajneesh
People like to say their songs are like children, but you gotta get those kids out there so they can make some… — Amanda Shires

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