Rem Koolhaas

It is not possible to live in this age if you don't have a sense of many contradictory forces.

The areas of consensus shift unbelievably fast; the bubbles of certainty are constantly exploding.

Not many architects have the luxury to reject significant things.

Recently, I was in Bernalda, my dad's ancestral home town in Italy. He has just refurbished a palazzo and turned it into a hotel, so we had my sister's wedding there. It was beautiful.

Buildings are forms of performances.

What people don't understand about Sarah Palin is that she is a rancher's wife. From Alberta down to Texas I've known women like that: good common sense, bright and vilified by city people.