Quotes about "Success & Achievement"

People outside the profession of architecture perhaps often lack the understanding of how their physical environment comes into being. What are the processes, the concerns and considerations? What are the parameters that shape the world around them? ”

One of the dilemmas of architecture in general is that there is a Catch-22 - you can't actually get to be commissioned to do certain types of building until you've already built that type of building. So it seems to be incredibly hard to get going. ”

We can engineer a building and design a building with least reliance on active machinery to make it inhabitable. ”

The 'International Style of Modernism' came with the advent of building services. In the end, the architecture became like a container space, essentially like a boring box with a basement full of machinery to make it inhabitable. As a result, buildings literally started to look identical all over the planet. ”

Architecture is restricted to such a limited vocabulary. A building is either a high-rise or a perimeter block or a town house. ”

When you are making an album, it is about the purpose - you are creating both a concept and vibe, then you follow through with that. ”

Whatever your purpose is that leads you to the point of no return, that's where you go. ”

I'm convinced that there's a new way to define capitalism, and that the definition should include three ingredients - that we love our work, that we are building a traditionally successful business, and that we are having some positive impact in the world, whether it's local or global. ”

My personal view about how people should use Twitter is less relevant than our goal to provide the infrastructure for a new kind of communication and then support the creativity that emerges. ”

I really want to be the black Mr. Rogers - that's my goal. I would do everything the same but with a hip-hop feel to it. ”