Curtis W. Fentress quotes
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“A bold architectural statement turns a public building into a landmark, but it is in the details where the architect becomes the real storyteller.”
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“People actually ask me why I bring in projects on budget and on time. It seems I am not living up to the fashionable genius role. I really enjoy when a project gets down to the wire, and through sheer force of will and faith in our process, we cross the goal line, when most people thought it impossible.”
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“There are many satisfactions in public architecture but one of the greatest is the moment when you unveil a project and suddenly a group of adults”
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“Some architects have a preconceived notion of what a building should be”
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“It takes a great client to create great architecture.”
-- Curtis W. Fentress
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“I want to be a real artist to consumers. I want to be the real thing for them.”
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“It is the task of the architect to give life a gentler structure.”
Source : "Aalto in Finland" by R.W. Apple, Jr., www.nytimes.com. November 26, 1978.
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