"As an architect you design for the present,……" — Norman Foster
"As an architect you design for the present, with an awareness of the past, for a future which is essentially unknown."
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22 Quotes by Norman Foster
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Everything inspires me; sometimes I think I see things others don’t.
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The pencil and computer are, if left to their own devices, equally dumb and only as good as the person…
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Didn't think her vision was consistent with the ORC, especially the way the Council wishes to work with the ORC.…
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Control is the wrong word. The practice is very much about sharing, and, in any creative practice, some individuals, whether…
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I'm not a creature of habit. I like to find things from unexpected sources.
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Architecture is an expression of values.
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It takes a lot of effort to make a building look effortless.
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Our object in life should be to accumulate a great number of grand questions to be asked and resolved in…
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I think you never stop learning.
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The most amazing lesson in aerodynamics I ever had was the day I climbed a thermal in a glider at…
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I was born in 1935, and as far back as I can remember, I was sketching designs. My first subject…
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Google has already tested robot cars in San Francisco. If they can navigate San Francisco, they can probably manage just…
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