Jaquelin T. Robertson Quotes
I always say, 'What if you had to sell the house tomorrow?' And if it's too idiosyncratic, someone won't buy it and then it's a bad house.
Robertson, Jaquelin T. "2008 AD100: Jaquelin T. Robertson." Architectural Digest, Condé Nast, Jan. 2008.
This is an often suggested remedy for Congress. Currently it is argued that the Congressional districts are so large that there is no way that the candidates may reach the constituency without media, and media costs money. If the districts were small enough, those standing for Congress would not have to have or raise money and could communicate with the district without becoming beholden to others—-campaign donors. Therefore much of the corruption of current politics would be eliminated. The problem is that we would have a legislature of thousands of members and while each would have been better selected than the present method, there would be so many that the legislative body would become unwieldy if not impossible.
Jaquelin Taylor Robertson, FAIA, FAICP, informally known as "Jaque," was an American architect and urban designer, working at Cooper Robertson. He was a representative of New Urbanism and New Classical Architecture.
