Part of my first architecture assignment:
A building is not an end in itself; it frames, articulates, structures, gives significance, relates, separates and unites, facilitates and prohibits. Consequently, basic architectural experiences have a verb form rather than being nouns.
-Juhani Pallasmaa, The Eyes of the Skin
-Juhani Pallasmaa, The Eyes of the Skin
A dictionary begins when it no longer gives the meaning of words, but their jobs.
-George Bataille