Rafael Moneo Quotes
I don't have regrets of being an architect. You are looking continuously - to the leaves of the trees, the shapes of the cars, to the structures of the city, to the patterns of textiles - to find the reasons behind the forms. That is very rewarding. If you extend a profession like that to the entire history, it allows you to travel through time.
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Music itself is a great source of relaxation. Parts of it anyway. Working in the studio, that's not relaxing, but playing an instrument that I don't know how to play is unbelievably relaxing, because I don't have any pressure on me.
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My kitchen bench is covered with vitamins and protein powders. I go through phases when I'm sure I'm taking too many - but I don't get sick often.
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There's a lot of thought that bitcoin will be a huge threat to existing tax systems or existing ways governments have of controlling currency flows across their border. I personally think governments will do what governments have always done: they will adapt.
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As someone who has long loved history and reads a lot of history, especially when you get a distance like 130 years, these people can seem almost mythical, and you need something tangible to make them real.
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Being real is what is important.
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Can any of you seriously say the Bill of Rights could get through Congress today? It wouldn't even get out of committee.
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We must continue to step in and stand up to resist reckless rhetoric and actions in a peaceful and forceful manner.
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When Joy Division started, I was scared to death of having to get a normal day job.
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There's a special gut-check moment the first time you write a scene in which somebody casts a spell.
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Vulgarity begins when imagination succumbs to the explicit
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A person's tragedy does not make up their entire life. A story carves deep grooves into our brains each time we tell it. But we aren't one story. We can change our stories. We can write our own.
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Forgetfulness leads to exile while remembrance is the secret of redemption.
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I hope my work isn't dismissed by the critics as illustration or photography.
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The primitive style makes nature look like stage scenery.
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With the guitar I've suffered a great deal, but when I've had a good time, the suffering seemed worthwhile.
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But Nightshirts aren't dangerous," Pippi assured her. "They don't bite anybody except in self defense.
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Occasionally when you’re in that zone, striving to operate at your highest levels, you get consumed. You forget to eat and shower. But that can be a good thing. No one makes money eating or showering.
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Being a recognised face has its problems. I miss the freedom to go anywhere I want to.
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Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together. There it begins.
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The essence of the conflict today, really, is cars versus people…We can have a city that is very friendly to cars, or a city that is very friendly to people. We cannot have both.
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I don't have regrets of being an architect. You are looking continuously - to the leaves of the trees, the shapes of the cars, to the structures of the city, to the patterns of textiles - to find the reasons behind the forms. That is very rewarding. If you extend a profession like that to the entire history, it allows you to travel through time.
