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Norman Foster Quotes: Every time I've flown an aircraft, or visited a steelworks, or watched a panel-beater at work, I've learned something new that can be applied to buildings.
         

Every time I've flown an aircraft, or visited a steelworks, or watched a panel-beater at work, I've learned something new that can be applied to buildings.


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



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



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

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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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.



The pencil and computer are, if left to their own devices, equally dumb and only as good as the person driving them.

The pencil and computer are, if left to their own devices, equally dumb and only as good as the person driving them.



You cannot separate the buildings out from the infrastructure of cites and the mobility of transit.

You cannot separate the buildings out from the infrastructure of cites and the mobility of transit.



I'm not a creature of habit. I like to find things from unexpected sources.

I'm not a creature of habit. I like to find things from unexpected sources.



Our object in life should be to accumulate a great number of grand questions to be asked and resolved in eternity.

Our object in life should be to accumulate a great number of grand questions to be asked and resolved in eternity.



I am always surprised by how much little emphasis schools of architecture, and indeed, many architects, place on the process of the mating of a building.

I am always surprised by how much little emphasis schools of architecture, and indeed, many architects, place on the process of the mating of a building.





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