"The architect, Peter Eisenman, was against
the information center. 'The world is too full of
information and here is a place without information.
That is what I wanted,' he told Spiegel Online.
'But as an architect you win some and you lose some.'"
See also Winsome Tribute (March 25, 2019) and
Gravedigger's Handbook (March 19, 2017).
* See as well a related phrase.