"Australia's is a special kind of philistinism, an……" — Robin Boyd
"Australia's is a special kind of philistinism, an immovable materialism which puts art and ideas of any kind deliberately and firmly to one side to let the serious business of living proceed without distraction."
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10 Quotes by Robin Boyd
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When most objects are truly functional, this technological age, which is just beginning, will be truly civilised. When all objects…
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We need better architecture and planning: more imaginatively exciting, more involving, more our own.
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Solemn Australians think that an interest in design is a superficial and trivial interest. This is actually an improvement, they…
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Many new churches, I regret to say, can be described from the design point of view only as holy terrors.
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Australia is, in fact, an old man's bureaucracy.
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The suburb was the major element of Australian society.
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Yet the small house, probably more than anything else that man has done, has made the face of Australia and…
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Insects influenced the shape of the Australian house. Some, like the white ant and lthe Lyctus borer, worked quietly and…
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Adelaide was the first city in Australia, if not in the world, to provide for the health and recreation of…
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