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Michael Arad Quotes

Israeli - Architect | 1969 -

I believe that people are fundamentally are decent. And, yes, you will have people that sometimes will misbehave.

People Believe You Sometimes Will

I have no choice but to fight them every step of the way. I can't tell you how many other stupid ideas have been proposed over the last two years.

Fight Step Ideas Stupid You Choice

When I was in the Army, the unit I served in, you could never stop. It was a volunteer unit, and there was a fairly high rate of attrition. The people who stayed through are the people who were either great at it or the people who just didn't know how to stop. And I fell into that second category.

Great People Army You Stop Know

I built a series of supporters that had my back. I never abused that trust. You can't cry wolf. You have to solve most problems yourself.

Trust Yourself Problems Wolf You

How do you design it so that people can form a space of their own, and feel quiet and contemplative?

Space People Design Feel You Quiet

You can just never desist. You have to always push back, whatever the pressures put on you.

Push You Back Never Always Whatever

New York was a place I wanted to live and work all along. If I wasn't going to live in Israel, I had to live in New York.

Work Live New York Place New Going

It sounds really over the top to say you're responsible for the city of New York, but I do feel responsibility to the city of New York, to this country, to people everywhere. So many people were affected by the events of September 11, and I feel this is one of the ways that that event will be understood and defined.

Responsibility New York People City

It was really a magical moment, to see this idea that's in your head.

Moment See Head Magical Idea Your

I pushed the process forward by saying, 'We should do this, this, and this right now. Please find the budget for me to find a structural engineer, a mechanical engineer, a civil engineer, so we can do the preliminary work.'

Work Me Saying Forward Process Find

When I started this project, I was a young architect. I was very apprehensive about any changes to the design. Whether I wanted to or not, I learned that you can accept some changes to its form without compromising its intent. But it's a leap of faith that I didn't want to make initially - to put it mildly.

Faith Design You Young Want Accept

I had a dual role: designer and advocate.

Advocate Role Designer Had Dual

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