Underwater, I experience space with my body. I'll see a school of fish gathering and moving together and I'll exclaim, 'This is architecture.'
Interpretation
The quote expresses the connection between natural elements and architectural design.
Antoine Predock emphasizes the idea that architecture is not confined to built structures alone; rather, it can also be found in nature. The experience of observing a school of fish moving in unison underwater provides a profound moment of inspiration, suggesting that architecture can be a reflection of organic forms and the fluid dynamics of natural environments.
In practice
In a discussion about sustainable design practices, one might use this quote to highlight the importance of nature's influence on architecture.
I work with writers whom I believe to be true storytellers. And because I'm a writer, I pay very keen attention to their vision. I find that so fueling creatively because, in telling those stories, you use everything you've got. You come away with battle scars. It's gratifying and invigorating.
The word 'art' interests me very much. If it comes from Sanskrit, as I've heard, it signifies 'making.' Now everyone makes something, and those who make things on a canvas with a frame, they're called artists. Formerly, they were called craftsmen, a term I prefer. We're all craftsmen, in civilian or military or artistic life.
In this age of consumerism film criticism all over the world - in America first but also in Europe - has become something that caters for the movie industry instead of being a counterbalance.
Drawing includes three and a half quarters of the content of painting... Drawing contains everything, except the hue
I think what's really the most ideal thing is for the player themselves, within their own imagination, to carve out what they view as being the essence of the character.
I grew up in a drive-in theater, from the time I was 8, working in a snack bar watching four features every week. It was silent theater in the sense that this was a drive-in, which meant that I often saw the films going with no sound. But I learned to tell stories through action.
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