Will Price
Will Price
William Lightfoot Pricewas an American architect, a pioneer in the use of reinforced concrete, and a founder of the utopian communities of Arden, Delaware and Rose Valley, Pennsylvania...
war lying kids
The bigger the issue, the smaller you write. Remember that. You don't write about the horrors of war. No. You write about a kid's burnt socks lying on the road. You pick the smallest manageable part of the big thing, and you work off the resonance.
heart life-is-short world
Life is short and often stingy; feast the heart with what it craves, short of cruelty, and let the world wonder.
civilization cities permanent-things
Cities are the least permanent things in our civilization.
mother children cities
As a child I thought it was very boring when I had to sit with [my mother] on the city streets, but the time sank deep and surfaced later.
children father thinking
Even now, after whatever gains feminism has made in involving fathers in the rearing of their children, I still think virtually all of us spend the most formative years of our lives very much in the presence of women
sound stories our-lives
The sound of story is the dominant sound of our lives.
art children funeral
The death of every art form seems imminent at least once in every century; but while the very funeral arrangements go forward, some child is born who is Michelangelo, Picasso, Yeats.
littles mets meanness
I've met little meanness, wherever I went.
thinking southern amount
I think we Southerners have talked a fair amount of malarkey about the mystique of being Southern.
reading fiction
The older I've got the less I find myself going back and re-reading or really reading new fiction or poetry.
artist age world
From the age of six I wanted to be an artist. At that point I meant a painter, but it turned out what I really meant was I was someone who was very interested in watching the world and making copies of it.
athletic trying needs
You have to realize that your work is done by your body, and if your body is in very bad health, it's not going to work for you no matter how young you are. So, I'm a bit of an athletic coach when it comes to trying to respect my body's needs and tendencies, and when I teach students, I try and persuade them of the same.
healing writing world
Writing is a fearsome but grand vocation—potentially healing but likewise deadly. I wouldn’t trade my life for the world.
tornadoes destructive
The only thing more destructive than a tornado is a family.