American - Architect | August 11, 1932 -
I don't believe that classical architecture is enough to engage people anymore. They say: 'So what else is new?'
Peter Eisenman
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I'm a Larry David fan, right? And it seems to me that Jewish history from the Talmud on has been a self-deprecating, self-critical kind of humor.
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I'm not a fashion architect. I don't dress in Ralph Lauren and Gucci. When I buy a suit, I buy it at J. Press. I have a blue blazer that I wear 80 percent of the time.
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Conservation destroys the present. If we are only busy preserving the past, we are not living in the present and unable to look forward. I am against conservation. We should let young people move forward, whether we agree with them or not. We should let new things happen.
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There's no such thing as an absolute openness. Openness is relative, I think, in all societies.
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The more centralized the power, the less compromises need to be made in architecture.
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I truly believe that the great heroes that create the history of architecture are people who take risks and write to tell about it.
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Architects design houses. I live in a home.
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The problem with digital architecture is that an algorithm can produce endless variations, so an architect has many choices.
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Architecture is definitely a political act.
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I would never live in anything I design. Life and art are different. My life is very precious to me - my art is precious to me. I love designing things for other people, but I don't like designing things for myself.
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If you were a son of mine, I wouldn't want you to be an architect, because it's a tough way to be in the world.
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