What is the thread of western civilization that distinguished its course in history? It has to do with the preoccupation of western man with his outward command and his sense of superiority.
Western history has been a history of deed done, actions performed and results achieved.
The great dream merchant Disney was a success because make-believe was what everyone seemed to need in a spiritually empty land.
We have today a fairly thorough knowledge of the early Greco-Roman period because our motivations are the same.
After 1980, you never heard reference to space again. Surface, the most convincing evidence of the descent into materialism, became the focus of design. Space disappeared.
Vitality is radiated from exceptional art and architecture.
No phenomenon can be isolated, but has repercussions through every aspect of our lives. We are learning that we are a fundamental part of nature's ecosystems.
Rationalism is the enemy of art, though necessary as a basis for architecture.
Only when inspired to go beyond consciousness by some extraordinary insight does beauty manifest unexpectedly.
This great, though disastrous, culture can only change as we begin to stand off and see... the inveterate materialism which has become the model for cultures around the world.
You have to see a building to comprehend it. Photographs cannot convey the experience, nor film.