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Rem Koolhaas quotes: Our society can no longer tolerate ugliness. You see that in cars, sofas and women. [But] ugliness also has a right to exist. Our society can no longer tolerate ugliness. You see that in cars, sofas and women. [But] ugliness also has a right to exist.
Rem Koolhaas quotes: The good is not a category that interests me. The good is not a category that interests me.
Rem Koolhaas quotes: One of our theories is that one can offset this excessive compulsion toward the spectacular with a return to simplicity. One of our theories is that one can offset this excessive compulsion toward the spectacular with a return to simplicity.
Rem Koolhaas quotes: Beauty isn't what I'm primarily interested in [in architecture]. I think appropriateness is more important. Beauty isn't what I'm primarily interested in [in architecture]. I think appropriateness is more important.
Rem Koolhaas quotes: Nigeria [in 1990] was all rumour, an unbelievable amount of rumour - largely about crime and almost mythical manifestations of evil. Nigeria [in 1990] was all rumour, an unbelievable amount of rumour - largely about crime and almost mythical manifestations of evil.
Rem Koolhaas quotes: You need to look at inequality as a typical condition of modern society. You need to look at inequality as a typical condition of modern society.
Rem Koolhaas quotes: Escape from the architecture ghetto is one of the major drivers and has been from the very beginning. Escape from the architecture ghetto is one of the major drivers and has been from the very beginning.
Rem Koolhaas quotes: A building has at least two lives - the one imagined by its maker and the life it lives afterward - and they are never the same. A building has at least two lives - the one imagined by its maker and the life it lives afterward - and they are never the same.
Rem Koolhaas quotes: One cannot completely avoid this landmark character with large buildings such as these. But the city itself is also gigantic. One cannot completely avoid this landmark character with large buildings such as these. But the city itself is also gigantic.
Rem Koolhaas quotes: The Metropolis strives to reach a mythical point where the world is completely fabricated by man, so that it absolutely coincides with his desires. The Metropolis strives to reach a mythical point where the world is completely fabricated by man, so that it absolutely coincides with his desires.
Rem Koolhaas quotes: Infrastructure is much more important than architecture. Infrastructure is much more important than architecture.
Rem Koolhaas quotes: Asia is still dominated by skyscrapers. I hope that, in European cities, it will become a declining trend. They were almost never necessary. Asia is still dominated by skyscrapers. I hope that, in European cities, it will become a declining trend. They were almost never necessary.
Rem Koolhaas quotes: The word 'celebrity' and the word 'architect' are basically incompatible. The word 'celebrity' and the word 'architect' are basically incompatible.
Rem Koolhaas quotes: It's a weird city because the uglier the weather, the more beautiful the city. And the uglier the buildings, the more coherent the city. It's a weird city because the uglier the weather, the more beautiful the city. And the uglier the buildings, the more coherent the city.
Rem Koolhaas quotes: There's nothing Dutch about my architecture. There's nothing Dutch about my architecture.
Rem Koolhaas quotes: The areas of consensus shift unbelievably fast; the bubbles of certainty are constantly exploding. The areas of consensus shift unbelievably fast; the bubbles of certainty are constantly exploding.
Rem Koolhaas quotes: If less is more, maybe nothing is everything. If less is more, maybe nothing is everything.
Rem Koolhaas quotes: We live in an almost perfect stillness and work with incredible urgency. We live in an almost perfect stillness and work with incredible urgency.
Rem Koolhaas quotes: Our office acts like a kind of educational establishment and we are very careful who we educate. Our office acts like a kind of educational establishment and we are very careful who we educate.
Rem Koolhaas quotes: Find optimism in the inevitable Find optimism in the inevitable
Rem Koolhaas quotes: The stronger the identity, the more it imprisons, the more it resists expansion, interpretation, renewal, contradiction. The stronger the identity, the more it imprisons, the more it resists expansion, interpretation, renewal, contradiction.
Rem Koolhaas quotes: The cosmetic is cosmic. The cosmetic is cosmic.
Rem Koolhaas quotes: Not many architects have the luxury to reject significant things. Not many architects have the luxury to reject significant things.
Rem Koolhaas quotes: Lagos was not very inviting even to Lagosians. It was considered a no-go zone, almost in its entirety. Lagos was not very inviting even to Lagosians. It was considered a no-go zone, almost in its entirety.
Rem Koolhaas quotes: I like fashion, whether or not it's overpriced, because it creates a sense of the sublime with relatively few means. I like fashion, whether or not it's overpriced, because it creates a sense of the sublime with relatively few means.
Rem Koolhaas quotes: That has been another interesting discovery: that basically a city [Lagos] could recover from a really deep, deep, deep pit. That has been another interesting discovery: that basically a city [Lagos] could recover from a really deep, deep, deep pit.
Rem Koolhaas quotes: We felt it was very important for an entity like CCTV to make its presence felt ... To generate a space and to define a space, that is the main We felt it was very important for an entity like CCTV to make its presence felt ... To generate a space and to define a space, that is the main thing.
Rem Koolhaas quotes: The work in S, M, L, XL was almost suicidal. It required so much effort that our office almost went bankrupt. The work in S, M, L, XL was almost suicidal. It required so much effort that our office almost went bankrupt.
Rem Koolhaas quotes: Talk about beauty and you get boring answers, but talk about ugliness and things get interesting. Talk about beauty and you get boring answers, but talk about ugliness and things get interesting.
Rem Koolhaas quotes: The City is an addictive machine from which there is no escape The City is an addictive machine from which there is no escape
Rem Koolhaas quotes: I wanted to disconnect from contemporary architecture I wanted to disconnect from contemporary architecture
Rem Koolhaas quotes: If you have this reputation you can sit back and endure it, or you can try to do things with it. If you have this reputation you can sit back and endure it, or you can try to do things with it.
Rem Koolhaas quotes: The acceptance of certain realities doesn't preclude idealism. It can lead to certain breakthroughs. The acceptance of certain realities doesn't preclude idealism. It can lead to certain breakthroughs.
Rem Koolhaas quotes: Criticism per se does not worry me. I've always solicited it as part of the design process. Criticism per se does not worry me. I've always solicited it as part of the design process.
Rem Koolhaas quotes: The luxury of our position now is that we can almost assemble any team to address any issue. The luxury of our position now is that we can almost assemble any team to address any issue.
Rem Koolhaas quotes: It is not possible to live in this age if you don't have a sense of many contradictory forces. It is not possible to live in this age if you don't have a sense of many contradictory forces.
Rem Koolhaas quotes: Architecture is a dangerous mix of power and importance. Architecture is a dangerous mix of power and importance.
Rem Koolhaas quotes: Let's put it this way: One can be happy or unhappy in a building. But some buildings make us more depressed than others. Let's put it this way: One can be happy or unhappy in a building. But some buildings make us more depressed than others.
Rem Koolhaas quotes: I am incredibly bad at predicting the future; I am only smart enough to observe the present and listen to my intuition about tendencies. I am incredibly bad at predicting the future; I am only smart enough to observe the present and listen to my intuition about tendencies.
Rem Koolhaas quotes: Designs are increasingly winning competitions because they are literally green, and because somewhere they feature a small windmill. Designs are increasingly winning competitions because they are literally green, and because somewhere they feature a small windmill.
Rem Koolhaas quotes: Without a tighter union, Europe will disintegrate Without a tighter union, Europe will disintegrate
Rem Koolhaas quotes: Journalists seem mostly interested in what brand of shoes I wear. Journalists seem mostly interested in what brand of shoes I wear.
Rem Koolhaas quotes: That has been my entire life story, running against the current and running with the current. Sometimes running with the current is underestimated. That has been my entire life story, running against the current and running with the current. Sometimes running with the current is underestimated.
Rem Koolhaas quotes: In the end, there will be little else for us to do but shop. In the end, there will be little else for us to do but shop.
Rem Koolhaas quotes: Nobody should be anything, but because I once had a different profession and I'm interested in writing, I took it upon me. Nobody should be anything, but because I once had a different profession and I'm interested in writing, I took it upon me.

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