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Michael Graves

The dialogue of architecture has been centered too long around the idea of truth.

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Michael Graves is saying that architectural discussions have focused too much on representing an absolute or objective reality. He suggests that this focus limits creativity by ignoring other ways architecture can express meaning or experience.

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