The Archive is the collection of all material traces left behind by a particular historical period and culture which one can use to deduce a historical a priori.

Archive is a kind of thought in which the eye goes beyond things to visibilities and language goes beyond words to utterances.

A Book is humanity in print.

The Book is a uniquely portable magic.

A Book is the corpse of an idea.

A Book is a load of crap.

Building is not the same as creation — create with the heart; build with the mind.

A Building is an odd name given that the thing is already built.

Building is the slow and laborious task of years. Destruction can be the thoughtless act of a single day.

Building is always to be done top-down, except the first time.