Frei Otto Quotes

Why should we build very large spaces when they are not necessary? We can design halls spanning several kilometres and covering a whole city, but we have to ask, what does it really make? What does society really need?

Frei Otto

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: architect
  • Nationality: german
  • Birth: May 31, 1925 - March 9, 2015

Topics

CitySocietyDesignBuildWhyNeed

I remember from my father's funeral that the minister kept using a metaphor about life of a prism. And I took that away like a cherished image.

Anna Deavere Smith

LifeFatherRememberImagePrism

In a lot of ways, Nauru is something like a canary in a coal mine: It's a tiny place with more than its share of troubles, most of them the kind that might have been prevented.

Johnny Colt

PlaceKindMoreShareSomething

Personally, when I go to Tulum, I prefer to be near the action but not in the midst of it.

Amanda Hearst

ActionGoMidstPersonallyNear

People buy box sets, and they sit for a whole weekend with a computer on their lap in bed, and they watch two seasons back-to-back of a show. They are invested in the person within that arc or the dynamics of those people - the relationships - and it doesn't matter to them if they're watching it on an iPhone or a cinema screen.

Robin Wright

PeopleWeekendSeasonsCinemaPerson

I will go through these style phases. I think it's confusing in some ways. People like bands to be really consistent.

Mary Timony

StylePeopleThinkGoWillThrough

As the archaeology of our thought easily shows, man is an invention of recent date. And one perhaps nearing its end.

Michel Foucault

ManThoughtEndInventionDateOur

Every time there's an institutional issue like impeachment, there's concern from the outside about what will happen.

Michel Temer

TimeWillOutsideHappenLikeEvery

I think we still live in this era of hyper-masculinity.

Jay Ellis

LiveThinkStillEraI Think

It's flattering that there are lots of Internet fan sites about me. I'm a bit of a technophobe and I don't even own a laptop, but it's probably a good thing I'm not logged on, checking up on what everyone is saying about me.

Jonas Armstrong

GoodMeSayingInternetUpOwn

I know how to be funny to black audiences.

Brandon T. Jackson

FunnyBlackKnowHowAudiences

I'm not a great beauty. That's not me.

Anne-Marie Duff

BeautyGreatMe

Being in Loyola College exposed me to other options and gave me confidence, apart from the freedom to bunk classes. I became a merchandiser and then a garment manufacturer, and interacting with foreign buyers and manufacturing foreign brands in India gave me a high.

Suriya

ConfidenceFreedomCollegeMeIndia

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