Selldorf Architect Quotes & Sayings

From the first time someone says, Who do you think you are? we learn how to repress. — Lauryn Hill

He'd read somewhere that you burned about a thousand calories a minute running. — John Wiltshire

Nobody roots for people who presume success. You have to earn success, and success is earned by making a movie that audiences like and want to see more of. — Nina Jacobson

Point out the problems, as long as you have a solution. I don't like critics who aren't doers themselves. — Natalie Massenet

I look at my jersey and see the NBA logo, I'm like, 'I didn't think I'd be here.' — Kevin Durant

A brave soul is a thing which all things serve. — Alexander Smith

Trust me. I'm going to make sure this healthcare bill is never, ever, ever implemented. — John Boehner

There's no architect who doesn't want to build a library - and I am no different. With so much scrutiny now attached to reading - because of technology and how we approach it as a social activity - that is a very exciting area in architecture. — Annabelle Selldorf

What makes one heroic? - Going out to meet at the same time one's highest suffering and one's highest hope. — Friedrich Nietzsche

Veganism is an act of nonviolent defiance. It is our statement that we reject the notion that animals are things and that we regard sentient nonhumans as moral persons with the fundamental moral right not to be treated as the property or resources of humans. — Gary L. Francione

The frozen fish were later put in deep holes in the moss and covered over to keep until they were needed. — Farley Mowat

Creativity needs encouragement as food, and conflict to spark it. — Pearl Zhu

I like to play the ukulele, but I'm not, like, awesome at it. I mostly play the piano and the guitar. — Zooey Deschanel

What is meant by believing in Christ but just going with trusting and loving hearts, and committing to His love and power ourselves, our souls, and all that concerns us for time and eternity? — Andrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd

Truth is rarely simple and seldom obvious, which is why mature institutions recognise the importance of conflict and disagreement. Christianity was born in conflict, and it has been characterised by conflict ever since. The Church's obsession with heresy is witness to this fact. — Richard Holloway

I remember, as a young architect, people always talked about I. M. Pei's concrete. He had a particular specification no one else knew. — Annabelle Selldorf

My latest works are these things with light bulbs. — Jim Hodges