It takes a lot of effort to make a building look effortless. - Norman Foster

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We're fascinated by animals because it's almost like having Martians living among us. We can see some familiarity in them, but they're entirely different creatures.

Norman Foster

It takes a lot of effort to make a building look effortless.

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As an architect you design for the present, with an awareness of the past, for a future which is essentially unknown.

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Everything inspires me; sometimes I think I see things others don’t.

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Since Stonehenge, architects have always been at the cutting edge of technology. And you cant separate technology from the humanistic and spiritual content of a building.

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If you weren’t an optimist, it would be impossible to be an architect.

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Architecture is an expression of values.

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The only thing that separates successful people from the ones who aren't is the willingness to work very, very hard.

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[P]hilosophy. . . consists chiefly in suggesting unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.

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