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‘When I can’t build, I draw; when I can’t draw, I write; when I can’t write, I talk’. With these words, Le Corbusier left no doubt as to an architect’s primary responsibility.
“It is sometimes easier to make the world a better place than to prove you have made the world a better place.”
― The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds
― The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds
“Humans are immortal in their thought. Though strictly speakin’, not immortal, but endlessly, asymptotically close to immortal. That’s eternal life.”
― Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
― Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
“Movements seeking to change the world often begin by rewriting history, thereby enabling people to reimagine the future.”
― Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow
― Homo Deus: A History of Tomorrow
“At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since.”
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“Like architecture, all paraphernalia of warfare are PC objects: the most rational possible instruments at the service of the most irrational possible pursuit.”
― Delirious New York: A Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan
― Delirious New York: A Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan
Mauricio’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Mauricio’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
4,572 books
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277 friends
291 books
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44 friends
25 books
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41 friends
52 books
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41 friends
82 books
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25 friends
185 books
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335 friends
1 book
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88 friends
3 books
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40 friends
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