Peter Zumthor Quotes

I've built two wooden houses near Vals. I built them for my wife. Those were private projects.

Peter Zumthor

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WifeTwoBuiltThoseHousesThem

What motivates me is to be able to do what I love to do, which is to fight.

Anderson Silva

LoveFightMeAbleWhichI Love

In 'Beowulf,' director Robert Zemeckis uses a technique called 'motion capture' to conjure fantastical things, angles into action and sweeping vistas to stun your eyes and take your breath away. But what he hasn't mastered and what the technique can't do is this: emotion capture.

Stephen Hunter

EyesActionCaptureEmotionDirector

My studio cube is an experiment in solar heating and design. The south wall is covered with glass planks that collect and distribute heat naturally to my work studio on the second level.

Steven Holl

WorkDesignWallGlassHeatSolar

I just change with the times. I really don't have a say in what's going on. Music was here before me.

Snoop Dogg

ChangeMusicMeSayHereGoing

We all get as miserable as Erika M. Andersen sometimes, but we rarely approach her musical-ideas-per-miserable-minute ratio.

Rob Sheffield

SometimesMiserableHerGetApproach

The funny thing about the golf swing is that you try to alter it and end up with the same faults as you've had all your life.

Ronnie Corbett

LifeFunnyEndGolfYouSwing

If you think about it, there's very little about young families on TV, and yet there's so many of them.

Ruth Bradley

ThinkYouYoungLittleTVMany

Innovation happens best when people of different backgrounds come together to solve the world's toughest challenges and, in the process, can create new jobs and opportunities. I'm hopeful that updated immigration policies will encourage entrepreneurs from around the world to help tackle these opportunities in the U.S.

Mike Krieger

InnovationBestTogetherPeopleHelp

Nat was my hero right from the very beginning. My dad brought his music into the house and played it over and over again.

Johnny Mathis

MusicHeroBeginningHouseRight

Any notable moments spent on a subway usually do nothing more than expose human awfulness at its most pronounced.

Chris Gethard

MomentsNothingMoreHumanSubway

With comedians, you have that understanding that we're trying to get laughs.

Colin Quinn

UnderstandingTryingYouComedians

If you have a good movie in hand and it is successful, you gain confidence to experiment.

Anushka Shetty

GoodConfidenceYouHandGood Movie

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