Didn't some wise man define a classic as a book that does not stay out of print?
Flannery O’Connor, “Letter to Robert Giroux,” 1955
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Franco Purini, Classification Through Sections of Spatial Situations, 1968
vs.
I Ching or Classic of Changes, 1000–750 BC
A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.
Italo Calvino, “Why Read the Classics?" in L'Espresso, 1981 (via oxford)
The classic American confrontation [is] between the natural landscape of Eden and what man builds in Eden, and we intended to exaggerate that dialogue between language and landscape.
Jack Robertson, “American Architecture Now,” 1984
We try to do projects without any one particular style and change our projects every day. We choose classic materials and rediscover their properties through the forms and detail. What is important is the expression of our ‘style’ through our work, culture and context.
Massimiliano + Doriana Fuksas, “On Practice,” c. 2014
What struck me about the Odyssey is that all of us, from the time we begin to think, are on an odyssey. ... And I think this is what makes the story so lasting, so classic, and applicable to everyone.
Romare Bearden, "On Art," c. 1970 (via carlos)