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Architecture
True education is concerned not only with practical goals but also with values. Our aims assure of us of our material life, our values make possible our spiritual life.
真正的教育不仅关注实际的目标，也关注价值观。我们的目标保证我们的物质生活，我们的价值观使我们的精神生活成为可能。
Proportions are what makes the old Greek temples classic in their beauty. They are like huge blocks, from which the air has been literally hewn out between the columns.
比例是古希腊庙宇的经典之处。它们就像巨大的石块，空气就是从这些柱子中间凿出来的。
What has happened to architecture since the second world war that the only passers-by who can contemplate it without pain are those equipped with a white stick and a dog?
第二次世界大战以来，建筑发生了什么变化，只有那些拿着一根白棍子和一条狗的路人才能不痛不痛地欣赏它?
In speculative buildings, which is most of our business, there are really only three chances to make architecture: the lobby or entrance sequence, the top and the elevator cab.
在投机建筑中，这是我们的大部分业务，实际上只有三种机会使建筑:大堂或入口序列，顶部和电梯驾驶室。
The dialogue between client and architect is about as intimate as any conversation you can have, because when you're talking about building a house, you're talking about dreams.
客户和建筑师之间的对话是最亲密的对话，因为当你谈论建造一座房子时，你谈论的是梦想。
Architecture is the very mirror of life. You only have to cast your eyes on buildings to feel the presence of the past, the spirit of a place; they are the reflection of society.
建筑是生活的镜子。你只需把目光投向建筑物，就能感受到过去的存在，一个地方的精神;他们是社会的反映。
The whole basis of the views of architecture prevailing today must be displaced by the recognition that the only possible point of departure for our artistic creation is modern life.
我们必须认识到，我们艺术创作的唯一可能出发点是现代生活，这一认识必须取代今天流行的建筑观点的整个基础。
Every time a student walks past a really urgent, expressive piece of architecture that belongs to his college, it can help reassure him that he does have that mind, does have that soul.
每当一个学生经过一幢属于他的学院的非常紧急、富有表现力的建筑时，它都能帮助他确信，他确实有那样的头脑，有那样的灵魂。
My passion and great enjoyment for architecture, and the reason the older I get the more I enjoy it, is because I believe we - architects - can effect the quality of life of the people.
我对建筑的热情和极大的享受，我越老越喜欢建筑，是因为我相信我们——建筑师——可以影响人们的生活质量。
But I absolutely believe that architecture is a social activity that has to do with some sort of communication or places of interaction, and that to change the environment is to change behaviour.
但我绝对相信，建筑是一种社会活动，与某种交流或互动场所有关，而改变环境就是改变行为。
Why can't we have those curves and arches that express feeling in design? What is wrong with them? Why has everything got to be vertical, straight, unbending, only at right angles - and functional?
为什么我们不能在设计中使用曲线和拱门来表达情感呢?他们怎么了?为什么所有的东西都必须是垂直的、笔直的、不弯曲的，只有在直角的时候才有用?
The aesthetic of architecture has to be rooted in a broader idea about human activities like walking, relaxing and communicating. Architecture thinks about how these activities can be given added value.
建筑美学必须根植于对人类活动的更广泛的理解，比如散步、放松和交流。体系结构考虑如何为这些活动提供附加价值。
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All architecture is great architecture after sunset; perhaps architecture is really a nocturnal art, like the art of fireworks.
所有的建筑都是伟大的日落之后的建筑;也许建筑真的是一种夜间艺术，就像烟花艺术一样。
Architecture, of all the arts, is the one which acts the most slowly, but the most surely, on the soul.
在所有的艺术中，建筑对灵魂的作用是最缓慢的，但却是最确定的。
Rome has not seen a modern building in more than half a century. It is a city frozen in time.
半个多世纪以来，罗马从未见过一座现代建筑。这是一座被时间冻结的城市。
The Egyptian contribution to architecture was more concerned with remembering the dead than the living.
埃及人对建筑的贡献更多的是纪念死者而不是生者。
Cities are the greatest creations of humanity.
城市是人类最伟大的创造。
Architecture is unnecessarily difficult. It's very tough.
架构是不必要的困难。这是非常艰难的。