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The essential purpose of the interiors of buildings is to enclose rather than direct space, and to separate the inside from the outside

— Robert Venturi Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture (1966)

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I am for richness of meaning rather than clarity of meaning; for the implicit function as well as the explicit function.

Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture (1966)

The calculated ambiguity of expression is based on the confusion of experience as reflected in the architectural program.

Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture (1966)

Nor does complexity deny the valid simplification which is part of the process of analysis, and even a method of achieving complex architecture itself.

Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture (1966)

Rationalizations for simplification are still current, however, though subtler than the early arguments.

Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture (1966)

I am for messy vitality over obvious unity.

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