all the picnics

If ants are such busy workers, how come they find time to go to all the picnics? (Marie Dressler)

organizing space

"Architecture is basically the design of interiors, the art of organizing interior space." (Philip Johnson)

remain silent

"I don't speak because I have the power to speak; I speak because I don't have the power to remain silent" (Rabbi A.Y. Kook) Architectonical detail from the exzellent jewish museum in Berlin.

monsters exist

“Monsters exist, but they are too few in number to be truly dangerous. More dangerous are the common men, the functionaries ready to believe and to act without asking questions.” (Primo Levi) (Architectonical detail from the Jewish Museum in Berlin)

a crack

Ring the bells that still can ring forget your perfect offering. There is a crack in everything that is how the light gets in. (Leonard Cohen, "Anthem")

crude reality

“If we, citizens, do not support our artists, then we sacrifice our imagination on the altar of crude reality and we end up believing in nothing and having worthless dreams.” (Yann Martel, "Life of Pi")

a feeling

Christmas isn't a season. It's a feeling. (Edna Ferber)

what we refuse

"In the end, our society will be defined not only by what we create, but by what we refuse to destroy." (John Sawhill)