
“I don’t believe in optimism. I believe in optimal behavior. That’s a different thing.”
The Paris Review interview (2010)
Source: Midnight's Children
“I don’t believe in optimism. I believe in optimal behavior. That’s a different thing.”
The Paris Review interview (2010)
“Pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will.”
Variant: Pessimism of the spirit; optimism of the will.
“Find optimism in the inevitable.”
From the New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/03/arts/design/03kool.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=Rem+Koolhaas&st=nyt&oref=slogin article on Koolhaas and Dubai appearing March 3rd, 2008. Available here:
2010s, Audience Q&A following interview panel at Aalto University Center, 2012
“Perpetual Optimism is a Force Multiplier.”
“Optimism is true moral courage.”
Quoted in South with Shackleton (1949) by L. D. A. Hussey; also in The National Geographic Magazine (1998), Vol. 194, p. 90 https://books.google.com/books?id=RflKAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Optimism+is+true+moral+courage%22&dq=%22Optimism+is+true+moral+courage%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=uPISVYCTK8_loAT_kYDIBw&ved=0CNABEOgBMCA