Any work of architecture that has with it some discussion, some polemic, I think is good. It shows that people are interested, people are involved.
Interpretation
Architecture that sparks discussion is valuable as it engages people.
This quote emphasizes the importance of dialogue and debate in architecture. Richard Meier suggests that when a work of architecture provokes discussion, it indicates that it resonates with people and invites their involvement, ultimately contributing to a deeper appreciation and understanding of the art form.
In practice
In a lecture about contemporary architecture, you might say, 'As Richard Meier pointed out, good architecture prompts discussions.'
We are all affected by Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright, Alvar Aalto, and Mies van der Rohe. But no less than Bramante, Borromini, and Bernini. Architecture is a tradition, a long continuum. Whether we break with tradition or enhance it, we are still connected to that past. We evolve.
I think of childhood as an explosion of creativity. For most people, growing up and earning a living means leaving all that behind. But an artist never leaves that behind. Edwin Mullhouse was my way of exploring the child as artist and, under the guise of childhood, something larger.
Perfumes are the feelings of flowers.
There is force and vitality in a first sketch from life which the after-work rarely has. You want a picture to seize you as forcibly as if a man had seized you by the shoulder! It should impress you like reality!
In order to fully realize how bad a popular play can be, it is necessary to see it twice.
Unfortunately, moral beauty in art - like physical beauty in a person - is extremely perishable. It is nowhere so durable as artistic or intellectual beauty. Moral beauty has a tendency to decay very rapidly into sententiousness or untimeliness.
Designers don't live in a vacuum; they are not blind to what's going on. They, too, will be inspired by what they see, and that will come out in their work.
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