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Michael Graves

I see architecture not as Gropius did, as a moral venture, as truth, but as invention, in the same way that poetry or music or painting is invention.

Michael Graves

Architecture

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Michael Graves views architecture as a creative process similar to making art, rather than as a strict expression of moral or factual truth. He believes it is about inventing new forms and ideas, much like how poets, musicians, and painters create original works.

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