Friedensreich Hundertwasser Quotes
Only when architect, bricklayer and tenant are a unity, or one and the same person, can we speak of architecture. Everything else is not architecture, but a criminal act which has taken on form.
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Simplicity is an acquired taste. Mankind, left free, instinctively complicates life.
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Since 1989, we have been deploying on an average of every 18 months.
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Americans worship creativity the way they worship physical beauty - as a way of enjoying elitism without guilt: God did it.
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If we meet an honest and intelligent politician, a dozen, a hundred, we say they aren't like politicians at all, and our category of politicians stays unchanged; we know what politicians are like.
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If you can live in Vegas, or visit Vegas, and leave in one piece, still loving it and somehow laughing about it, you should spend at least part of your last night in town doing something that will serve you well no matter where you go next: thank your lucky stars.
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Being mean just for being mean's sake isn't funny.
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War is over if you want it.
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When I'm in 'Man vs. Wild' mode, it's not pleasure. Every sensor is firing and I'm on reserve power all the time and I'm digging deep - and that's the magic of it as well, and that's raw and it's great.
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I don't know if it's because I'm Latina or something, but I have no problem speaking my mind.
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If you turn the other cheek, you can be enslaved for 1,000 years.
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People often call 'If I Stay' my baby novel, and I have to correct them. It's not my first book. It's just the first one anybody paid attention to.
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My cross earrings are a mini statement; I wear them every day! My whole dream is to be iconic, and the way you dress yourself is so important.
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I'd say when it comes to being who you are, just don't be afraid to try things.
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When you encourage others, you in the process are encouraged because you're making a commitment and difference in that person's life. Encouragement really does make a difference.
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I've just never been a tracksuit-wearer.
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There is no truly global justice.
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The mystic cords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone, all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the angels of our nature.
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We're just like a regular family.
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I love playing characters that are strong, when there's physicality involved.
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To give up too easily leads to regret, yet trying and then failing can lead us to second chances if we do not accept it as a failure, but a chance to learn.
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I wanted to be the Dutch Bruce Jenner - that was my goal. He was my hero.
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The future of architecture is culture.
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Only when architect, bricklayer and tenant are a unity, or one and the same person, can we speak of architecture. Everything else is not architecture, but a criminal act which has taken on form.
