Rem Koolhaas Quotes

See things not as they are but as they might be.

We've learned never to say never. Anything is a possibility.

I like to be an optimist, but I like to be a realist, too.

The common belief is that you are either a dreamer or a realist. But idealism and pragmatism aren't as far apart as one might think.

A great deal of what is presumed to be intractable or inevitable in this world doesn't strike me that way at all.

It's amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions.

Life has its ups and downs, but you can only look forward.

My father used to say, 'Well, Ann, maybe the best thing you'll ever do, you haven't even thought of yet.'

I'm just not a purist. You set goals and you have to work with everyone to figure out how to get what you can.

Balancing hopes, desires and an appreciating of the possibilities with a clear-eyed assessment of the limitations: that is the art of choosing.

I love a challenge, and I love challenging people's preconceptions.

I am an expert in the 'art of the possible.'

I never gave up believing that there was much more to life than how I was living it.

Look at things... as they can be.

The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by skeptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need men who can dream of things that never were.

What we need most, is not so much to realize the ideal as to idealize the real.

I'm optimistic that we are actually seeing the opportunity of a generation being created in this.

What I'm suggesting to you is that this could be a renaissance. We may be on the cusp of a future which could provide a tremendous leap forward for humanity.

Sometimes, the only realists are the dreamers.

This is an age pregnant with hope and possibilities.

I found nothing but progress and hope for the future.

I've learned never to say never.

I've learned never to say never.

In a phrase: I always hope it keeps getting better.

I'm a dreamer and a realist.