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  • I see the Beijing National Stadium as an architectural project. I accepted Herzog and De Meuron's invitation to collaborate on the design, and our proposal won the competition. From beginning to end, I stayed with the project. I am committed to fostering relationships between a city and its architecture.
  • 6 years ago



    Tags : Ai Weiwei Quotes , Cities Quotes , Design Quotes
  • When the Stranger says: "What is the meaning of this city? Do you huddle close together because you love each other?" What will you answer? "We all dwell together To make money from each other"? or "This is a community"? Oh my soul, be prepared for the coming of the Stranger. Be prepared for him who knows how to ask questions.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : T. S. Eliot Quotes , Cities Quotes , Community Quotes
  • We have learned that terrorist attacks are not caused by the use of strength; they are invited by the perception of weakness. And the surest way to avoid attacks on our own people is to engage the enemy where he lives and plans. We are fighting that enemy in Iraq and Afghanistan today so that we do not meet him again on our own streets, in our own cities.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : George W. Bush Quotes , Fighting Quotes , Cities Quotes
  • The sun,--the bright sun, that brings back, not light alone, but new life, and hope, and freshness to man--burst upon the crowded city in clear and radiant glory. Through costly-coloured glass and paper-mended window, through cathedral dome and rotten crevice, it shed its equal ray.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Charles Dickens Quotes , Men Quotes , Cities Quotes