Like our attitude to love, truth and goodness, we seem to be confident about knowing what beauty is - certain, even dogmatic - until we think hard about the idea, whereupon all confidence flies away.
A sign to me is a one-liner, a symbol is very complex and my house is a series of symbols. - Charles Jencks
A sign to me is a one-liner, a symbol is very complex and my house is a series of symbols.
- Charles Jencks
I was already writing about the idea of a 'multiverse' in the 1970s, though I might have called it the 'pluriverse.' How was I to know it would turn … - Charles Jencks
I was already writing about the idea of a 'multiverse' in the 1970s, though I might have called it the 'pluriverse.' How was I to know it would turn …
Post-Modern space is historically specific, rooted in conventions, unlimited or ambiguous in zoning and irrational or transformational in its relatio… - Charles Jencks
Post-Modern space is historically specific, rooted in conventions, unlimited or ambiguous in zoning and irrational or transformational in its relatio…
If you look at any leaf on any tree branch, it's similar to but not exactly a repetition of the previous branch. So the new science of complexity or … - Charles Jencks
If you look at any leaf on any tree branch, it's similar to but not exactly a repetition of the previous branch. So the new science of complexity or …
Cant you see, we are in a dialogue with the universe? - Charles Jencks
Cant you see, we are in a dialogue with the universe?
The rule seems to be that there are no absolutes, that what is rare is prized. Thus, in times of relative affluence, thin models become dominant. - Charles Jencks
The rule seems to be that there are no absolutes, that what is rare is prized. Thus, in times of relative affluence, thin models become dominant.
What is the most interesting thing to people? Other people. - Charles Jencks
What is the most interesting thing to people? Other people.
Like our attitude to love, truth and goodness, we seem to be confident about knowing what beauty is - certain, even dogmatic - until we think hard ab… - Charles Jencks
Like our attitude to love, truth and goodness, we seem to be confident about knowing what beauty is - certain, even dogmatic - until we think hard ab…
If you look at Gothic detailing right down to the bottom of a column or the capital of a column, it's a small version of the whole building; that's w… - Charles Jencks
If you look at Gothic detailing right down to the bottom of a column or the capital of a column, it's a small version of the whole building; that's w…
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