“Designs are increasingly winning competitions because they are literal...” — Rem Koolhaas Quote

“Designs are increasingly winning competitions because they are literally green, and because somewhere they feature a small windmill.”

“One of our theories is that one can offset this excessive compulsion toward the spectacular with a return to simplicity.”

“Architecture is a rare collective profession: it's always exercised by groups. There is an essential modesty, which is a complete contradiction to the notion of a star.”

“I decided to go to school for advertising and graphic design. That was what I was gonna do but acting is that thing, it's like a splinter in your mind and you can't get rid of it. So I decided to move to L.A. a few years ago and it just snowballed into this thing called 'The Hunger Games.'”

“The possibility that terrorist groups could obtain weapons of mass destruction should not be dismissed as a fiction. This is a horrific threat the international community should take seriously. As long as these weapons exist, so, too, does the risk of their use - by accident or design.”