Thom Mayne best Architecture Quotes – “In architecture, you arrive so late. I look at doctors, lawyers I know, and they’re all buying boats and bailing out at 62. My career is just getting started.”
Thom Mayne best Architecture Quotes – “Do I provoke as a method of investigation? Of course. That’s the essence of architecture. Do I do it with gusto? I do.”
Thom Mayne best Architecture Quotes – “The aesthetic of architecture has to be rooted in a broader idea about human activities like walking, relaxing and communicating. Architecture thinks about how these activities can be given added value.”
Thom Mayne best Architecture Quotes – “Architecture is involved with the world, but at the same time it has a certain autonomy. This autonomy cannot be explained in terms of traditional logic because the most interesting parts of the work are non-verbal. They operate within the terms of the work, like any art.”
I have a preference for rough architecture, real, inexpensive, unfinished. – Thom Mayne
Architecture is the story of how we see ourselves. It is the architect’s job to service everyday life. – Thom Mayne
You might say that when you step inside, you’re entering a honorific space, but that’s something totally different than experiencing it. And in architecture the experience comes first. That has the deepest effect on us. – Thom Mayne
Architecture is a negotiated art, and it’s highly political, and if you want to make buildings, there is diplomacy required. – Thom Mayne