I'd been to Stourhead and was inspired by the perfect parity between architecture and art; in fact, the architecture is the art. I wrote a piece called 'Not Sculpture Park,' because most of these things become car parks for bought-in sculpture. The artists should be working with the site, not just plonking pieces down. Charles Jencks architectureartartist share on social
I was already writing about the idea of a 'multiverse' in the 1970s, though I might have called it the 'pluriverse.' How was I to know it would turn out to be the standard model? Actually, I consider myself an enlightenment fossil. Charles Jencks 1970scallenlightenment share on social
Science is a victim of its own reductive metaphors: 'Big Bang,' 'selfish gene' and so on. Richard Dawkins' selfish gene fitted with the Thatcherite politics of the time. It should actually be the 'altruistic gene,' but he'd never have sold as many books with a title like that. Charles Jencks altruisticbangbig share on social
Modern Architecture died in St. Louis, Missouri, on July 15, 1972, at 3.32 p.m. (or thereabouts), when the infamous Pruitt Igoe scheme, or rather several of its slab blocks, were given the final coup de grace by dynamite. Charles Jencks architectureblockcoup share on social
Can't you see, we are in a dialogue with the universe? Charles Jencks dialogueuniverse Change image and 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
It's a mark of any icon that it should be open to iconoclasm. Charles Jencks iconiconoclasmmark 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
The singular point of beautiful objects, and people, is that they are experienced not as parts, or ratios between cheekbones and chin, but as wholes. The experience of beauty is a perception, but it is one that mixes up various other sensations and makes them converge in a particular way. Charles Jencks beautifulbeautycheekbone share on social