Antonia

“Седим в кафето в началото на улица "Прерадовичева" и пием бира. Пак беше зима, когато се запознахме, но хоризонтите бяха малко по-различни. Оттогава пътищата ни често се пресичаха.
- Чете ли вестниците, че не сме били славяни? - попита Денис.
- Кой ние? - питам.
- Ами ние, хърватите - отвръща той.
- Това не ме засяга - казвам.
- Как тъй, не те засяга?
- Аз съм монголец.
- Монголец?
- Да, роден съм с монголско петно.
- Глупости - казва Денис - Обаче ето какво мисля аз за хърватите - разбира се, че не сме славяни. Не само, че не сме славяни, ами ние, брато, не сме нищо. Хърватин - изсумтя подигравателно - това не е националност, това е диагноза. Виж само както направихме от държавата си. Цирк, ето както.”
― Edo Popović, Oči

“If a work of architecture consists of forms and contents that combine to create a strong fundamental mood powerful enough to affect us, it may possess the qualities of a work of art. This art has, however, nothing to do with interesting configurations or originality. It is concerned with insights and understanding, and above all truth. Perhaps poetry is unexpected truth. It lives in stillness. Architecture's artistic task is to give this still expectancy a form. The building itself is never poetic. At most, it may possess subtle qualities, which, at certain moments, permit us to understand something that we were never able to understand in quite this way before.”
― Peter Zumthor, Thinking Architecture

“Construction is the art of making a meaningful whole out of many parts. Buildings are witnesses to the human ability to construct concrete things. I believe that the real core of all architectural work lies in the act of construction. At the point in time concrete materials are assembled and erected, the architecture we have been looking for becomes part of the real world.”
― Peter Zumthor

“Is it not better for a man never to have been born?"
"Certaintly not" The response was brisk. "Just to be able to study the sky is reason enough to be alive."
"Unfortunately, I can't see the sky."
"Then listen to music.”
― Gore Vidal, Creation