Ada Louise Huxtable Quote

I wish people would stop asking me what my favorite buildings are. I do not think it really matters very much what my personal favorites are, except as they illuminate principles of design and execution useful and essential to the collective spirit that we call society. For irreplaceable examples of that spirit I will do real battle.


The New York Times (11 April 1971)


I wish people would stop asking me what my favorite buildings are. I do not think it really matters very much what my personal favorites are, except...

I wish people would stop asking me what my favorite buildings are. I do not think it really matters very much what my personal favorites are, except...

I wish people would stop asking me what my favorite buildings are. I do not think it really matters very much what my personal favorites are, except...

I wish people would stop asking me what my favorite buildings are. I do not think it really matters very much what my personal favorites are, except...