"There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening, that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique."
-Martha Graham
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"To me, a building - if it's beautiful - is the love of one man, he's made it out of his love for space, materials, things like that.“
-Martha Graham
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"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."
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"Revived in this country the long forgotten beauties of Gothic architecture."
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"First, there is the bare beauty of the logs themselves with their long lines and firm curves. Then there is the open charm felt of the structural features which are not hidden under plaster and ornament, but are clearly revealed, a charm felt in Japanese architecture."
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