Bernard Rudofsky Quotes

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While we spend energy and imagination on new ways of cleaning the floors of our houses, the Japanese solve the problem by not dirtying them in the first place.

Bernard Rudofsky

There is much to learn from architecture before it became an expert's art.

Bernard Rudofsky

For it seems that long before the first enterprising man bent some twigs into a leaky roof, many animals were already accomplished builders.

Bernard Rudofsky

Bernard Rudofsky

Bernard Rudofsky

Born: April 13, 1905

Died: March 12, 1988 (aged 82)

Bio: Bernard Rudofsky was a Moravian-born American writer, architect, collector, teacher, designer, and social historian.

Known for:

Architecture Without Architects (1964)
The unfashionable human body (1971)
Streets for people (1969)
Now I lay me down to eat (1980)
The kimono mind (1965)

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