Cedric Price Quotes
Architecture should have little to do with problem solving - rather it should create desirable conditions and opportunities hitherto thought impossible.
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Greed is the lack of confidence of one's own ability to create.
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Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself.
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Traditionalists often study what is taught, not what there is to create.
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Segregation, in a sense, helped create and maintain black solidarity.
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The terrifying and edible beauty of Art Nouveau architecture.
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You have to create something from nothing.
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The reason why I'm a conservative is because conservative policies work and they improve opportunities. They are the avenue for climbing the economic dream.
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Sports in Indonesia aren't being supported by the government. The rewards you get as a young player don't match the effort you put in. I want to be different from other athletes, if not better, and I want to make something good out of my profile and help the younger players have opportunities.
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I'm aware people will think I've had an easy way into a dream career. My view is, if anyone has opportunities, they'll take them. My surname opens doors, but those doors will slam firmly if I'm no good.
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Tel Aviv is new, built on the sand dunes north of Jaffa in the 1890s, about the same time Miami was founded. The cities bear a resemblance in size, site, climate, and architecture, which ranges from the bland to the fancifully bland.
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Most seem to think that while a person may not be responsible for the opportunities he gets in life, each is entirely responsible for what he makes of these opportunities.
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I think it's important for people of colour to have similar opportunities to white people; that's what is most important.
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People going into the cities for the opportunities and the towns are getting older, no young people.
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When everyone is running the machine, and it's all working, there's a tendency to look at the short term and focus on incremental opportunities and not look ahead to the really big opportunities.
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Iggy Pop, or should I say Iggy's people, had reached out to me saying he was a True Blood fan, and if any opportunities come up, to please keep Iggy in mind. We sent Iggy the demo of 'LB&R'. He loved it and said, 'Sign me up.'
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You have to be very careful with the art you create and you put out.
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The two elements the traveler first captures in the big city are extra human architecture and furious rhythm. Geometry and anguish.
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I set the bar high because I don't want to do just any other show just to keep working. I want to do something special that means something to people and speaks to them. Those kinds of opportunities don't come along all the time!
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I view the JVM as just another architecture that Perl ought to be ported to. (That, and the Underwood typewriter...)
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Modern conquerors can kill, but do not seem to be able to create. Artists know how to create but cannot really kill. Murderers are only very exceptionally found among artists.
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You have to be delusional to get into this business, you know?
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The ultimate gathering when I was younger would be an over-the-top Christmas party. Now, ugh, it's so sad... as I'm getting older, I kind of look forward to more intimate, really nice dinners.
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Architecture should have little to do with problem solving - rather it should create desirable conditions and opportunities hitherto thought impossible.
