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“... engineering is a basic instinct in man, the expression of which is existentially fulfilling.”

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We recognize that we cannot survive on meditation, poems and sunsets. We are restless. We have an irresistible urge to dip our hands into…

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Knowledge gives a wider choice and more anguish.

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... man cannot help but transcend himself as soon as he begins to design and construct.

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We all have ambivalent feelings toward work ... We try to avoid it, and yet we seem to require it for our emotional well-being.

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... it is clear that our survival and the salvaging of our environment are dependent on more technology, not less.

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There is scarcely a technical issue for which you cannot find expert witnesses of differing opinions.

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All about us the sense of disenchantment with technology appears to be growing. No one ... can ignore the fall of the engineer from…

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Every technological product has to be designed and its fabrication overseen, and this is what engineers DO.

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There will be no new arcadian age. There will always be new burdens, new problems, new failures, new beginnings. And the glory of man…

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... the ancient joy of helping the tribe to survive is constantly rekindled in the engineer's heart.

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Engineering is the art or science of making practical.

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The engineer's power was usually limited to a refusal to endorse a given plan, or to the tender of his resignation.

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“Nothing is easier than yesterday's solutions.”

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Design is not making beauty, beauty emerges from selection, affinities, integration, love.

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Batley and Spen has a high proportion of people working in manufacturing, and we can boast the full range of industries, including high-skilled, precision…

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I design some of my own clothes now.

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Design is a very personal thing. It's like art. Your personal choice plays a big role.

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Worship isn't destructive, Martin. I know that. I don't. I only know it's the core of his life. What else has he got? He…

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Leave a cavity behind the [wall] facings, and on the inside build walls two feet thick, made of red dimension stone or burnt brick…

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Our guiding principle was that design is neither an intellectual nor a material affair, but simply an integral part of the stuff of life,…

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Design certainly has a cosmetic, aesthetic aim. It always aims at making things beautiful. But relevance is just as important. I often say, 'If…

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I think the ethics and morals of genetic engineering are very complicated. It intrigues me.

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Some architects have a preconceived notion of what a building should be

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