Sometimes people just don’t understand - in which case, you help them. And then, sometimes, it’s you who doesn’t understand - in which case, you figure it out yourself.
No one feels another’s grief, no one understands another’s joy. People imagine they can reach one another. In reality they only pass each other by.
Man built most nobly when limitations were at their greatest.
Frank Lloyd Wright
This is very true for me when I am trying to come up with a design scheme. When I am free to do whatever I want, the ideas are all over the place and have no foundation or reasoning. When limitations are set, rules are made, and then it becomes a game - to play by the rules and also come up with justified instances to break them. It’s most fun when it’s a game, so making rules for myself is what I find most enjoyable… it also just fits my personality.
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“You know, it is life that is right and the architect who is wrong.”
- Le Corbusier
When things seemed unfair, my dad would always say, “life is always right.” I thought it was a profound way of saying “don’t think that you deserve anything, you have to fight hard for what you want.” I always knew he got the words from Le Corbusier, but when I found the actual quote and read that it ended with “the architect is wrong,” I was a bit confused. When I showed him the quote, he gave me a slight smile, and strugged his shoulders without a word. That was years ago, and it’s only now that I can imagine him saying to me, “I know, and I made it right.”
The lesson learned is that things can seem unfair, hard, or impossible, but it is up to you to make them right. You have to make the opportunity. You have to look at failures and adverse conditions as character building situations that don’t define your weakness, but are catalysts for improvement. So whether it’s a missed promotion or a wipe-out on the ice, use it as motivation to work harder, or be more careful. Use what has been given to your advantage - even if it means chopping off the punchline of a quote, perhaps…
Economy denotes the proper management of materials and of site, as well as a thrifty balancing cost and common sense in the construction of works. This will be observed if, in the first place, the architect does not demand things which cannot be found or made ready without great expense. For example: it is not everywhere that there is plenty of pitsand, rubble, fir, clear fir, and marble, since they are produced in different places and to assemble them is difficult and costly.”
- Vitruvius, De Architectura
“Precedent is everywhere, and if you don’t know architectural precedents then everything is new. But, if you are able to recall from where these precedents derive, then you are already aware of their possibilities.”
- Peter Eisenman, in class October 14th, 2010
“The happiest people don’t need to buy unnecessary things to impress people that they never liked.”
- Deepak Chopra
Simplicity is a high risk affair because it means you are betting that fewer features will deliver greatest value.
“So, this is my favorite class. It’s not going to be yours… but that is why it’s mine. I’m not here to make you happy. There are plenty of things to spend $50,000 on to make you happy.”
He’s a straight shooter and I like that… a lot.
Design is a plan for arranging elements in such a way as best to accomplish a particular purpose.
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