Peter Zumthor Quotes

The first 10 years of my professional life had only to do with running away from my father. He was a wonderful cabinet-maker, and me being the eldest son, I had to take over his shop, his profession and so on and so on. I tried to escape by going to art school and then going on to industrial design and then interior design.

Peter Zumthor

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeFatherSonArtSchoolMe

I love getting to work with the stunt coordinator. It's like choreography, like a dance.

Jessica Stroup

WorkLoveDanceChoreographyStunt

The ultimate function of prophecy is not to tell the future, but to make it. Your successful past will block your visions of the future.

Joel A. Barker

FuturePastWillTellSuccessful

I think it was really important for me before I 'debuted myself' in front of the world to have a private life with my imagination and my writing for several years. That also made it so I didn't feel desperate for someone to find me.

Jenny Zhang

LifeMyselfImaginationMeWorld

We know that efficiency and effectiveness are increased when you're getting sufficient sleep, and it will take you longer to do the same thing on an underslept brain, which means you end up having to stay awake longer. So goes the vicious cycle.

Matthew Walker

SleepBrainEndEfficiencyYouKnow

I like having the digital camera on my smart phone, but I also like having a dedicated camera for when I want to take real pictures.

Jeff Bezos

SmartCameraPhonePicturesWant

Actually, the 14 novels were written over a period of just over 6 years.

Stephen R. George

OverYearsJustPeriodActually

The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealised past.

Robertson Davies

FuturePastPeopleWorldReturn

Van Gaal gave me all the confidence I could ask for. He made me striker, my favorite position.

Robin Van Persie

ConfidenceMeAskPositionMadeHe

Rihanna's boots are too scared to look bad on Rihanna.

Mary H.K. Choi

BootsLookBadScaredTooRihanna

When I'm lined up in the middle, it's a lot of freelancing and blitzing.

Clay Matthews III

UpMiddleLotLined

I had done a cover of the song 'Nenani Neevani' and put it up on Sound Cloud, which Sunny M.R., the music composer of Rowdy Fellow, came across. He liked it and approached me for 'Yedho.'

Armaan Malik

MusicMeSongCloudDoneSunny

I don't listen to my music if I'm not making it.

SZA

MusicListenMaking

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