Charles Jencks

CJ: No, I think there were always star architects. Vitruvius, if you read the second book (Ten Books on Architecture), tells that amazing story of the architect—how to get the job. He opens the second book with the story of how Dinocrates gets to be the architect of Alexander the Great. Dinocrates dresses himself in leopard skins and oils his body, and he comes to the games and sits right next to Alexander. Alexander says ‘Gosh, here is a good-looking man. What do you do?’ And Dinocrates says, ‘I’m an architect!’ [laughs] To get attention from society and the ruler, oiling your body, imagine—I mean how humiliating that must be! You don’t have to do that today—almost, but not quite. [laughs]

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