One of the main functions of politicians - and journalists - is to simplify the world for us.
To work in architecture you are so much involved with society, with politics, with bureaucrats. It's a very complicated process to do large projects. You start to see the society, how it functions, how it works. Then you have a lot of criticism about how it works.
I had to jump around in the arts for a while just to survive. I earned a little money here and there, playing the guitar at union meetings, functions. I sold some science-fiction stories. I knew there was absolutely no question of me not being connected with the arts, but I couldn't find any acting jobs.
Reducing a product's definition to a list of features and functions ignores the real opportunity - orchestrating technological capability to serve human needs and goals.
Corruption, embezzlement, fraud, these are all characteristics which exist everywhere. It is regrettably the way human nature functions, whether we like it or not. What successful economies do is keep it to a minimum. No one has ever eliminated any of that stuff.
A living cell requires energy not only for all its functions, but also for the maintenance of its structure.
The health of a democratic society may be measured by the quality of functions performed by private citizens.
So, I have the responsibility of making sure that HUD functions and runs well.
We should concentrate our work not only to a separated housing problem but housing involved in our daily work and all the other functions of the city.