Writing at least is a silent meditation even though you’re going a hundred miles an hour.
Jack KerouacRead
Architecture is a art when one consciously or unconsciously creates aesthetic emotion in the atmosphere and when this environment produces well being.
Interpretation
Architecture blends functionality with emotional expression to enhance well-being.
This quote emphasizes that architecture goes beyond mere construction; it is an art form that elicits emotional responses from individuals. When architects design environments, whether explicitly intended or not, they shape experiences that can foster a sense of well-being and aesthetic appreciation in their users.
In practice
During a presentation about urban design, this quote could highlight the emotional impact of built spaces.
Writing at least is a silent meditation even though you’re going a hundred miles an hour.
But art is not simply works of art; it is the spirit that knows Beauty, that has music in its soul and the color of sunsets in its headkerchiefs; that can dance on a flaming world and make the world dance, too.
What do dancers think of Fred Astaire? It's no secret. We hate him. He gives us a complex because he's too perfect. His perfection is an absurdity. It's too hard to face.
One of the things that writing has taught me is that fiction has a life of its own. Fictional places are sometimes more real than the view from our bedroom window. Fictional people can sometimes become as close to us as our loved ones.
She had caprices of a marvellous unexpectedness, and how is any one to imitate a caprice?
The power of fantasy is that you can make people understand the deeper realities of our world in a way that they wouldn't normally be able to because of all the things in our world that closes them off.
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