the crow
"Le Corbusier was the sort of relentlessly rational intellectual that only France loves wholeheartedly, the…
Glenn WilliamsJuly 19, 2014
on modernism
"What we sense to be modern in American architecture is to the American architect an…
Glenn WilliamsJuly 14, 2014
that’s genius!
"Execution is the chariot of genius." - - William Blake English painter, poet and printmaker William…
Glenn WilliamsJuly 1, 2014
beauty is the thing
"Beauty is the only thing of any importance." -- Phillip Johnson American architect advocating the…
Glenn WilliamsJune 30, 2014
but I was just borrowing it
"Immature artists imitate. Mature artists steal." - - Lionel Trilling American literary critic, writer, teacher…
Glenn WilliamsJune 28, 2014
on skeuomorphism
"American architecture is the art of covering one thing with another thing to imitate a…
Glenn WilliamsJune 27, 2014
on managing expectations
"The supreme misfortune is when theory outstrips performance." - - Leonardo da Vinci, (first a Florentine)…
Glenn WilliamsJune 25, 2014
Mammon
"The 20th century hasn't built for men; it has built for money." - - Le…
Glenn WilliamsJune 23, 2014
I’m confused – is it less or is it more?
"I could count twenty such On twice your fingers, and not leave this town, Who…
Glenn WilliamsJune 20, 2014
keep it simple
"To make the simple complex with the useless is both futile and nihilistic." - -…
Glenn WilliamsJune 16, 2014
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