Samuel Mockbee Quotes

#1. Take something ordinary and elevate it to something extraordinary.

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#2. The Goal is not to have a warm, dry house, but to have a warm, dry house with a spirit to it.

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#3. The meaning resides in one's own experience, making the everyday the exceptional.

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#4. The hand expresses what the heart already knows.

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#5. If architecture is going to nudge, cajole, and inspire a community to challenge the status quo into making responsible changes, it will take the subversive leadership of academics and practitioners who keep reminding students of the profession's responsibilities.

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#6. It's not about your greatness as an architect, but your compassion

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#7. I tell my students, it's got to be warm, dry, and noble.

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#8. Theory and practice are not only interwoven with one's culture but with the responsibility of shaping the environment, of breaking up social complacency, and challenging the power of the status quo.

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