We only exist in terms of how we think we exist. Meaning every cultural development is fabricated and can be fabricated.
Thom MayneIt's too simplistic to advance the notion of the autonomy of art as a reason for turning away from the public. You can have autonomy and simultaneously have connections with the social and political world.
Thom MayneThe 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.
Thom MayneYou 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.
Thom Mayne