Peter Zumthor Quotes

What I try to do is the art of building, and the art of building is the art of construction; it is not only about forms and shapes and images.

Peter Zumthor

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: architect
  • Nationality: swiss
  • Birth: April 26, 1943

Topics

ArtConstructionBuildingTryShapes

With music, there's a conversation happening. You're hearing what's going on right now, with people's emotional states, in a communal way, and listening to that is really - it's both informative and so generous. It's like emotional news.

Jim Drain

MusicPeopleListeningYouNewsWay

I can't sing, perform, do anything apart from Christ. I have no power or strength of my own.

Jodi Benson

StrengthPowerMy OwnAnythingOwn

I have good and bad days like everyone else. I just try to be positive and surround myself with great people. When I think about all the great things and people I have had in my life, that gives me confidence.

Jessica White

LifePositiveGoodConfidenceGreat

I was attracted to a lot of different art forms - dancing, painting. But there's something about music that people hold so close. It's such a powerful art form, and that's why I live for it.

Ani DiFranco

LiveMusicArtPeoplePaintingWhy

Jimmy Fallon is handsome. This is an indisputable fact.

Andy Kindler

HandsomeFactJimmy

I have played a few times in Barcelona, including the fantastic Olympic Stadium. It's undoubtedly one of my favourite cities in terms of the people, arts, food, architecture and design.

Jean-Michel Jarre

FoodArchitecturePeopleDesignArts

My fellow Americans, from the battlefield to the capitals of our allies and friends and partners, the free peoples of the world look to America as the last best hope for peace and for liberty for all humankind, for we are the greatest country on this planet.

John R. Allen

HopeBestPeaceWorldFreeLook

Nothing is so hideous as an obsolete fashion.

Stendhal

FashionNothingObsoleteHideous

I don't think any of my kids would have a good word to say about me. I think they deny that they even know me. At school, they pretend they are Anton du Beke's kids.

Rob Brydon

GoodSchoolMeThinkKnowSay

Men who do things without being told draw the most wages.

Rodney Dangerfield

MenWithoutThingsBeingWagesMost

Mortal experiences give us the opportunity to assess what we are doing with our lives.

Joseph B. Wirthlin

OpportunityDoingExperiencesUsOur

You can't knock somebody for how they got into the business. I'm sure I'm gonna look back at 'Roswell' and some of my first movies and I'm gonna cringe.

Colin Hanks

BusinessYouLookBackMoviesFirst

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