You Can't Make Anything Authentic

So I Am Totally Aware That When I Defend The Autonomy Of Art I'm Going Counter To My Own Development. It's More An Instinctive Reaction, Meant To Protect The Private Aspect Of The Work, The Part I Am Most Interested In And Which Nowadays Is At Risk In Our Culture.

Architecture Is A Discipline That Takes Time And Patience. If One Spends Enough Years Writing Complex Novels One Might Be Able, Someday, To Construct A Respectable Haiku.

You Can't Make Anything Authentic By Asking People What They Want Because They Don't Know What They Want. That's What They're Looking At You For.

Architecture Is Involved With The World, But At The Same Time It Has A Certain Autonomy. This Autonomy Cannot Be Explained In Terms Of Traditional Logic Because The Most Interesting Parts Of The Work Are Non-verbal. They Operate Within The Terms Of The Work, Like Any Art.

The Aesthetic Of Architecture Has To Be Rooted In A Broader Idea About Human Activities Like Walking, Relaxing And Communicating. Architecture Thinks About How These Activities Can Be Given Added Value.