Author: Thom Mayne

Quotes

Scientific reality is the modern human condition, and you can see that in the symbolic nature of my work.

Scientific reality is the modern human condition, and you can see that in the symbolic nature of my work.

- Thom Mayne

I believe that artistic activities change people. You do effect change. I see architecture as a political, social and cultural act - that is its primary role.

I believe that artistic activities change people. You do effect change. I see architecture as a political, social and cultural act - that is its primary role.

- Thom Mayne

The huge problem in our society is the enormous ignorance of the ideas that underlie modern art.

The huge problem in our society is the enormous ignorance of the ideas that underlie modern art.

- Thom Mayne

Descriptions of my work depress me. They make me feel pinned down.

Descriptions of my work depress me. They make me feel pinned down.

- Thom Mayne

Architecture is a result of a process of asking questions and testing them and re-interrogating and changing in a repetitive way.

Architecture is a result of a process of asking questions and testing them and re-interrogating and changing in a repetitive way.

- Thom Mayne

I've been such an outsider my whole life.

I've been such an outsider my whole life.

- Thom Mayne

I've learned that in order to achieve what I wanted, it made more sense to negotiate than to defend the autonomy of my work by pounding my fist on the table.

I've learned that in order to achieve what I wanted, it made more sense to negotiate than to defend the autonomy of my work by pounding my fist on the table.

- Thom Mayne

I'm a private person by nature. I live in my brain half the time, not the world, and I'm not a natural negotiator. But I've learned to negotiate.

I'm a private person by nature. I live in my brain half the time, not the world, and I'm not a natural negotiator. But I've learned to negotiate.

- Thom Mayne

Look around at day-to-day life for ideas, and it finds its way into your work.

Look around at day-to-day life for ideas, and it finds its way into your work.

- Thom Mayne

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