Mario Botta Quotes

Buildings in modern cities have lost their metaphoric aspect. Much contemporary architecture is very fragmented and busy on the outside. It's like a skin or a skull, but you don't know what's inside.

Mario Botta

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: architect
  • Nationality: swiss
  • Birth: April 1, 1943

Topics

ArchitectureBusyYouBuildingsSkin

More and more, I enjoy hearing people who are good at their instruments and who've found a distinctive voice. In death metal, a lot of guys are Eddie Van Halen disciples, but they take his style to really expressionistic places. It's a real pleasure for me to hear people pushing their craft.

John Darnielle

GoodStyleDeathPeopleMeVoice

Creativity is much better when it's free. Someone can take it and sell it if that's what it needs, and from that standpoint, you have to have a label. If you could make your music and just give it away and somehow make a living - that would be the best scenario.

Matthew Sweet

MusicBestCreativityFreeBetter

I like to work with artists from around the world. There are so many new inspiring filmmakers.

Angelina Jolie

WorkWorldNewArtistsLikeAround

The fact that I am not Jewish by religion does not prevent me from connecting to the Jewish nation's spirituality.

Amar'e Stoudemire

ReligionI AmMeNationJewishFact

My favorite book is the last one printed, which is always better than those that were published earlier.

Stephen Ambrose

BookBetterAlwaysLastFavorite

We've got to rebuild human hearts - and persuade people that hope isn't just possible, but essential.

Tony Snow

HopePeoplePossibleHumanRebuild

I think the attitude I was trying to learn myself was to really try hard, to give a great effort, to really care, and to let the results go where they are going to go. But at the same time, I don't have to be happy, and I shouldn't be happy, with less than my best.

Tom Lehman

AttitudeGreatTimeMyselfBest

I know how hard it is to make it in the music business.

Roger Taylor

BusinessMusicKnowHardMakeHow

My dad had a series of heart attacks when I was a little girl, and our world was shaped by these huge, traumatic events.

Mary Steenburgen

GirlHeartWorldEventsLittleOur

I worked for a while as a teaching assistant while I was struggling. I really enjoyed it, working with kids with special needs, autism. It takes a hell of a lot of concentration, and you've got to focus on the child properly for seven hours a day.

Joseph Mawle

FocusDayChildHellYouSpecial

Even though I enjoy that head-to-head competition part, one of the things that drove me to long track was if I won or if I lost I want to know it's all on my shoulders and it didn't have anything to do with anybody else.

Bonnie Blair

CompetitionMeEnjoyLongLostKnow

Jesus is not the 'founder of Christianity.'

William P. Young

FounderChristianityJesus

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