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" Every one of my buildings begins with an Italian journey. "

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" We should work for simple, good, undecorated things, but things which are in harmony with the human being and organically suited to the little man in the street. "

" The very essence of architecture consists of a variety and development reminiscent of natural organic life. This is the only true style in architecture. "

" We should concentrate our work not only to a separated housing problem but housing involved in our daily work and all the other functions of the city. "

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" Our time is so specialised that we have people who know more and more or less and less. "

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" Nothing is as dangerous in architecture as dealing with separated problems. If we split life into separated problems we split the possibilities to make good building art. "

" We have almost a city has probably two or three hundred committees. Every committee is dealing with just one problem and has nothing to do with the other problems. "

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" I tell you, it is easier to build a grand opera or a city center than to build a personal house. "

" Architecture belongs to culture, not to civilization. "

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