Architecture falls between art and airports. It’s pragmatic-it helps you get from point A to point B. But it also works as art. It makes you think twice. It inspires you. It brings you back to yourself.

I never show the back of my tongue. That is a Dutch expression.
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Dutch Expression Tongue
Ideas can come while reading a good novel.
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Ideas Novel Reading
My mother took me to Venice one time and showed me all the houses where famous composers used to live. It gave me a fascination for music and the city, but also for architecture. It was a valuable lesson.
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Architecture Cities Fascinate Mother Venice
Architecture falls between art and airports. It’s pragmatic-it helps you get from point A to point B. But it also works as art. It makes you think twice. It inspires you. It brings you back to yourself.
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Art Fall Thinking

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