Pick up a sunflower and count the florets running into its centre, or count the spiral scales of a pine cone or a pineapple, running from its bottom up its sides to the top, and you will find an extraordinary truth: recurring numbers, ratios and proportions. Charles Jencks bottomcentrecone share on social
I do believe architecture, and all art, should be content-driven. It should have something to say beyond the sensational. Charles Jencks architectureartcontent Change image and share on social
Can't you see, we are in a dialogue with the universe? Charles Jencks dialogueuniverse Change image and share on social
Like our attitude to love, truth and goodness, we seem to be confident about knowing what beauty is - certain, even dogmatic - until we think hard about the idea, whereupon all confidence flies away. Charles Jencks attitudebeautyconfidence Change image and share on social
Beautiful people are always with us, as evolutionary psychologists and a trip to the news-stand confirm. Charles Jencks beautifulconfirmevolutionary Change image and share on social
What is the most interesting thing to people? Other people. Charles Jencks interestpeoplething Change image and share on social
It's a mark of any icon that it should be open to iconoclasm. Charles Jencks iconiconoclasmmark Change image and share on social
A placebo is a phony cure that works. This is very hard for the medical profession to get their teeth around because they hate placebos, but scientifically, placebos work in about 30% of cases that are psychogenic diseases. Charles Jencks casecuredisease share on social
The rule seems to be that there are no absolutes, that what is rare is prized. Thus, in times of relative affluence, thin models become dominant. Charles Jencks absoluteaffluencedominant Change image and share on social
The cell is a city of production centres, each part working away like mad, and it's co-ordinated. Six trillion cells in a body - you can't help but be moved. Charles Jencks bodycellcentre Change image and share on social
