Holl Quotes & Sayings

Anyone who has become entranced by the sound of water drops in the darkness of a ruin can attest to the extraordinary capacity of the ear to carve a volume into the void of darkness. The space traced by the ear becomes a cavity sculpted in the interior of the mind. — Steven Holl

The whole notion of an embassy is like 'The Other.' That's what makes Washington interesting. — Steven Holl

But with every step, I felt my anger falling way. Underneath that anger: fear. In the middle of one of her self-help phases, Ivy had once proclaimed that all anger was fear. I'd long since wondered what, if anything, was underneath all fear. — Maria Semple

I've never joined any political party and have no plans to do so. I'm fully independent. — Ron Reagan

Holl?" Seth turned over. "Where you going?"
"Home. Sorry. Go back to sleep." I pulled on my sweatpants.
"But we have all night." He pushed to his elbows.
"I know. I can't." My voice sounded hoarse, hollow. "I don't feel good. I'm sorry." I lurched for the door. I needed to get out, get away. As far away from here as possible. She was in me, in my blood, invading every cell in my body. She was the one I wanted. She was the one I saw, felt, desired. This was wrong. He was wrong. It was all so wrong. (Chapter. 12) — Julie Anne Peters

Princeton University's campus environment presents unique challenges and opportunities for architecture to act as a social condenser. — Steven Holl

I paint daily with watercolors on 5-by-7-inch pads that are small enough for me to take them everywhere. — Steven Holl

My studio cube is an experiment in solar heating and design. The south wall is covered with glass planks that collect and distribute heat naturally to my work studio on the second level. — Steven Holl

You can say I'm not the easiest architect in the world, because I'm always trying to push the limits. — Steven Holl

Lovely flowers are the smiles of god's goodness. — William Wilberforce

Some architects, such as John Lautner, never really did anything other than houses. His entire portfolio is basically residential. There's nothing wrong with that. — Steven Holl

For me, the excitement in architecture revolves around the idea and the phenomenon of the experience of that idea. Residences offer almost immediate gratification. You can shape space, light, and materials to a degree that you sometimes can't in larger projects. — Steven Holl

I choose work that is hard to pull off. And it's scary how things can go wrong. But if there's no risk involved, it's not challenging. A good idea will survive any process. — Steven Holl

Any land is your country where you can live happy. — Publilius Syrus

Frank Lloyd Wright made houses right up until the end. I think that's important because it gives you a direct connection to all the basic aspects of architecture - the spatial energy of the place, the construction, the materials, the site, the detail. — Steven Holl

Success in life is 50% what you know and 50% who you know, and one is not worth much without the other.- Senator Edwin G. Holl — Paul Edwin Holl Esq.

I'm sorry to say, but 85% of so-called 'green' firms make some of the ugliest buildings that were ever made. So for God's sake, I don't want to be categorized with them. — Steven Holl

But pieces of paper do not stop bullets and rockets. Paper promises that fall from the sky cannot be trusted. — Eric Blehm

Mother came to New York to keep house for me. — Desi Arnaz

I never look at the newspaper in the morning. That's the worst thing you can do with your brain. — Steven Holl

I grew up in a wood cabin on Puget Sound in Manchester, Wash. My family taught me to appreciate the arts and the outdoors, and I still yearn for the absolute silence I experienced there when I was young. — Steven Holl

I can't write. I would love to. I don't really have an interest in it, to be honest. I'll leave that to my fiance. — Jennifer Aniston

Architecture is bound to situation. And I feel like the site is a metaphysical link, a poetic link, to what a building can be. — Steven Holl

I think architecture, to be really intense and fulfilling, doesn't have to be large. — Steven Holl

What if Hiram Bingham had the technology to find hundreds of other archaeological sites at the same time and create entire 3-D maps of the ancient landscape accurate to within a few inches? — Sarah Parcak

I think it says something that I have never had an obscene letter. A young man once attempted one, but it was so totally illiterate and hopeless that it made me laugh. — Ruth Rendell