Peter Zumthor Quotes

In a society that celebrates the inessential, architecture can put up a resistance, counteract the waste of forms and meanings and speak its own language.

Peter Zumthor

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

ArchitectureSocietySpeakLanguage

The kind of people who always go on about whether a thing is in good taste invariably have very bad taste.

Joe Orton

GoodPeopleBadGoKindTaste

By the time I'm 40, the hope is that I'll be solidly in daytime television and producing the various other experts we've brought along the way.

Jillian Michaels

HopeTimeTelevisionWayAlong

It's not how many tickets can we sell, it's where do we want to play, not where should we play to make the most money. We don't really care about that.

Jerry Only

MoneyCarePlayWantWhereSell

In terms of getting people to experiment more and take more risk, there are at least three things that immediately come to my mind. Number one, of course, is role-modeling it yourself. Number two is, when people take intelligent, smart risks and yet it doesn't work out, not shooting them. And number three, being honest with yourself.

John P. Kotter

WorkYourselfSmartRisksMindRisk

In the commercial theater, I've been pretty fortunate. The producers that I've worked with have allowed me to define the artistic integrity, the artistic limits of the work.

Trevor Nunn

WorkIntegrityMeLimitsPretty

What you want is for music to love you back. That's why you pay your dues. You want to feel like you belong and are part of this symbiosis, metamorphosis, whatever you want to call it.

Tom Waits

LoveMusicFeelYouBackWant

In any investment, you expect to have fun and make money.

Michael Jordan

MoneyFunHave FunYouInvestment

I actually love the summer. When I went to Miami on tour, I was actually like, 'I love this place.'

Mitski

LoveMiamiPlaceSummerLikeTour

Once the mass of the defending infantry become possessed of low moral, the battle is as good as lost.

Douglas Haig

GoodBattleLostMoralBecomeLow

Sharing presumes and creates equality.

Clemantine Wamariya

EqualitySharingCreates

I think I feel automatically at home in Italy.

Boyd Rice

HomeThinkFeelItalyI Feel

I thought Oasis were great.

Bradley Walsh

GreatThoughtOasisWere

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