Annabelle Selldorf quotes
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“When you have rules to abide by, does that curtail you as a designer, or set you free? People think of classical architecture visually, but I think the brilliant part of it is actually spatial.”
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“Tension is an interesting quality - and architecture must have it. There should be elements of the inexplicable, the mysterious, and the poetic in something that is perfectly rational.”
-- Annabelle SelldorfSource : "Women in Design: Annabelle Selldorf". Interview with Vicky Lowry, www.elledecor.com. November 10, 2008.
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“There's no architect who doesn't want to build a library - and I am no different. With so much scrutiny now attached to reading - because of technology and how we approach it as a social activity - that is a very exciting area in architecture.”
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“The secret of good architecture is having more than meets the eye.”
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“Architecture is about aging well, about precision and authenticity. There is much more to the success of a building than what you can see. Im not suggesting that gestural architecture is always superficial, but solid reasoning has its place.”
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“All clients think that they are architects.”
-- Annabelle SelldorfSource : "Interview with Architect Annabelle Selldorf". Interview with Philip Nobel, www.architecturaldigest.com. March 31, 2013.
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“I'm inspired by looking at art, by looking at precedent. Looking is what you have to do if you want to make things, so you develop a critical eye.”
-- Annabelle SelldorfSource : "Woman in design: Annabelle Selldorf". Elle Decor Interview, www.elledecor.com. November 10, 2008.
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“When everything is perfectly orderly and understandable, there has to be one thing that puts everything into question.”
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“To me, the nicest luxury would be to have a room where I could keep all my books in one place - and have space for more.”
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“What I do isn't radical. It's just distinct in small ways.”
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“I make spaces that are calm rather than confrontational. I seek a certain kind of logic that allows you to move in space and perceive it as beautiful and rational. Clarity is a worthwhile quality.”
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“I think when you look at architectural photography it doesn't help to have piles of old clothes lying on the floor. Architectural photography sets up an artifice.”
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“So much of what makes a room great is how you enter and circulate through it, how it addresses the body.”
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“I'm not so interested in technology for technology's sake. I don't need incredibly sophisticated climate-control systems. And I'm absolutely amazed at the time people spend exchanging messages; I don't have a lot of time left over for those things.”
-- Annabelle SelldorfSource : "Women in design: Annabelle Selldorf". Elle Docor Interview, www.elledecor.com. November 10, 2008.
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“I never like things that don't look nice. It's really that simple.”
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“I know I'm old-fashioned, but there's just something about the act of looking at books versus taking in information on a screen, which is so one-dimensional. There's a sense of ownership that you have with books, a physical connection.”
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“I remember, as a young architect, people always talked about I. M. Pei's concrete. He had a particular specification no one else knew.”
-- Annabelle SelldorfSource : "Interview with Architect Annabelle Selldorf". Interview with Philip Nobel, www.architecturaldigest.com. March 31, 2013.
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