Manhattan has generated a shameless architecture that has been loved in direct proportion to its defiant lack of self-hatred, has been respected exactly to the degree that it went too far.
Rem KoolhaasTalk about beauty and you get boring answers, but talk about ugliness and things get interesting.
Rem KoolhaasOur office acts like a kind of educational establishment and we are very careful who we educate.
Rem KoolhaasI like fashion, whether or not it's overpriced, because it creates a sense of the sublime with relatively few means.
Rem Koolhaas