Vittorio Gregotti quotes

Vittorio Gregotti quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“The task of the architectural project is to reveal, through the transformation of form, the essence of the surrounding context.”
-- Vittorio Gregotti

#Essence Quotes #Design Quotes #Tasks Quotes

“Patience is the essence of clicking great Photographs!!”
“Linguine linguistics that left my verbal essence saucy, Send a message, leave you sleepin' next to headless horsey.”
“The essence of humor is that it should be unexpected, that it should embody an element of surprise, that it should startle us out of that reasonable gravity which, after all, must be our habitual frame of mind.”

Source : Agnes Repplier (2015). “Americans and Others”, p.21, Sheba Blake Publishing
“The other big factor in building trust quickly is site design quality. Mint.com has one of the best graphic designers ever (Jason Putorti) - he cares about every pixel, all the fonts, all the transparencies and effects. And that shows instantly. People do make judgments of trust on appearance - in the real world and online.”
“It is the rare architect who does not hope in his heart to design a great building and for whom the quest is not a quiet, consuming passion.”
“The designs we see in nature are not the result of chance. They rise naturally, spontaneously, because they enhance access to flowâ€¦”
“Helvetica is the jeans, and Univers the dinner jacket. Helvetica is here to stay.”
“The mind may be reluctant to think properly when thinking is all it is supposed to do; the task can be as paralysing as having to tell a joke or mimic an accent on demand.”
“There's some task which the God of all the universe, the great Creator, your redeemer in Jesus Christ has for you to do, and which will remain undone and incomplete until by faith and obedience you step into the will of God.”
“We all carry within us places of exile, our crimes, our ravages. Our task is not to unleash them on the world; it is to transform them in ourselves and others.”

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