Any work of architecture that has with it some discussion, some polemic, I think is good. It shows that people are interested, people are involved.
Interpretation
Architecture that sparks discussion is valuable as it engages people.
This quote emphasizes the importance of dialogue and debate in architecture. Richard Meier suggests that when a work of architecture provokes discussion, it indicates that it resonates with people and invites their involvement, ultimately contributing to a deeper appreciation and understanding of the art form.
In practice
In a lecture about contemporary architecture, you might say, 'As Richard Meier pointed out, good architecture prompts discussions.'
We are all affected by Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright, Alvar Aalto, and Mies van der Rohe. But no less than Bramante, Borromini, and Bernini. Architecture is a tradition, a long continuum. Whether we break with tradition or enhance it, we are still connected to that past. We evolve.
Unlike sport, music is not about winning or keeping fit or promoting your town or school; it's about celebrating, to a level approaching ecstasy, the deepest human longings.
Do you realize that people don't know how to read Kafka simply because they want to decipher him? Instead of letting themselves be carried away by his unequaled imagination, they look for allegories - and come up with nothing but clichés: life is absurd (or it is not absurd), God is beyond reach (or within reach), etc. You can understand nothing about art, particularly modern art, if you do not understand that imagination is a value in itself.
Without music, life would be an error. The German imagines even God singing songs
A man should dress in a way that you don't notice. He looks good and you don't know why. But it's the tailoring, the materials, and the clothes.
If you can see yourself as an artist, and you can see that your life is your own creation, then why not create the most beautiful story for yourself?
A jazz musician is not a jazz musician when he or she is eating dinner or when he or she is with his parents or spouse or neighbors. He's above all a human being . . . the true artform is being a human being.
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