Thom Mayne Quotes About Autonomy

• Architecture is involved with the world, but at the same time it has a certain autonomy. This autonomy cannot be explained in terms of traditional logic because the most interesting parts of the work are non-verbal. They operate within the terms of the work, like any art.

  Thom Mayne

  Art, Interesting, World

• I've learned that in order to achieve what I wanted, it made more sense to negotiate than to defend the autonomy of my work by pounding my fist on the table.

  Thom Mayne

  Hands, Order, Fists

  "The Idea of the Future Is Dead". Interview with Thom Mayne,

• It's too simplistic to advance the notion of the autonomy of art as a reason for turning away from the public. You can have autonomy and simultaneously have connections with the social and political world.

  Thom Mayne

  Art, Political, Connections

• So I am totally aware that when I defend the autonomy of art I'm going counter to my own development. It's more an instinctive reaction, meant to protect the private aspect of the work, the part I am most interested in and which nowadays is at risk in our culture.

  Thom Mayne

  Art, Risk, Culture

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