... not be beautiful. Insanity is synonymous with impracticality, and is also defined as repeating the same action and expecting a different result. The return to classicism is using old methods, and in modern times, expecting a different outcome. So is this act by definition a lost cause? Senseless? Insane? In discussing the flow of style throughout ancient history Wagner states, "each new style gradually emerged from the earlier one when new methods of construction, new materials, new human tasks and viewpoints demanded a change or reconstitution of existing forms". He believes that architects, also artists, have always represented the time and culture they live in. He believes that the imitation and simple copying of existing forms denies creativity, and the architect fails to give something great to the public. Wagner is concerned and aware of the public, and that art is there to serve them, to accommodate them, to better ...

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