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Quote of the Day November 14, 2026

“Morals are in all countries the result of legislation and government they are not African or Asian or European: they are good or bad.”

Denis Diderot · Government

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Helmut Jahn

The American attitude towards efficiency and execution should always underlie architecture.

Architecture

Helmut Jahn

It's my goal to make a building as immaterial as possible. Architecture is a very material thing. It takes a lot of resources, so why not eliminate what you don't need as long as you're able to achieve the same result?

Architecture

Helmut Jahn

I strive for an architecture from which nothing can be taken away.

Architecture

John Irving

The building of the architecture of a novel - the craft of it - is something I never tire of.

Architecture

Ai Weiwei

I see the Beijing National Stadium as an architectural project. I accepted Herzog and De Meuron's invitation to collaborate on the design, and our proposal won the competition. From beginning to end, I stayed with the project. I am committed to fostering relationships between a city and its architecture.

Architecture

Frank Gehry

Liquid architecture. It's like jazz - you improvise, you work together, you play off each other, you make something, they make something. And I think it's a way of - for me, it's a way of trying to understand the city, and what might happen in the city.

Architecture

Larry Wall

Post-Modernism was a reaction against Modernism. It came quite early to music and literature, and a little later to architecture. And I think it's still coming to computer science.

Architecture

Charles Eames

In architecture the idea degenerated. Design allows a more direct and pleasurable route.

Architecture