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God gives us our relatives – thank God we can choose our friends.
It is the task of the architect to give life a gentler structure.
Our settlement of land is without regard to the best use of land.
I never talked about architecture with my father, which I regret.
People are deeply nourished by the process of creating wholeness.
And of course I like Berlin a lot. It's such an interesting city.
It is difficult to separate oneself from one's design moralities.
Be patient, calm, compassionate. Know that existence is fleeting.
Everybody's an artist. Unfortunately we don't treat them as such.
No heaven can come to us unless our hearts find rest in it today.
Every city in the world can be improved in less than three years.
Custom, madam, is the law of fools, but it shall never govern me.
Architecture begins when you place two bricks carefully together.
I wanted to design a museum in which everything would seem clear.
Let's talk about the Gas Company because this is my favorite job.
Ninety-nine per cent of who you are is invisible and untouchable.
The World has become too dangerous for anything less than Utopia.
Technology paces industry, but there's a long lag in the process.
Not many architects have the luxury to reject significant things.
Journalists seem mostly interested in what brand of shoes I wear.
The organization of information actually creates new information.
I would like to be an artist who works in a very closed ambience.
The Freedom Tower has a cost overrun. A significant cost overrun.
Even when dead, the hog largely refuses to submit to the machine.
I never like things that don't look nice. It's really that simple.
The secret of good architecture is having more than meets the eye.
Architecture is a ride - a physical ride and an intellectual ride.
I have no philosophy, my favourite thing is sitting in the studio.
There's a good reason catas say me-ow rather than we-ow or you-ow.
I advise everyone to build a house at 19. It's such good practice.
My furniture is an exercise in architecture or architectural mood.
I don't know how to overcome this perception that I'm extravagant.
All fine architectural values are human values, else not valuable.
We do not create the work. I believe we, in fact, are discoverers.
I strive for an architecture from which nothing can be taken away.
You know, it is life that is right and the architect who is wrong.
Lots of English people say exactly the opposite of what they mean.
It's important to understand differences in scale and environment.
I don't understand why everyone has to wear black, grey and white.
He continued to be an infant long after he ceased to be a prodigy.
Take something ordinary and elevate it to something extraordinary.
It's not about your greatness as an architect, but your compassion
Descriptions of my work depress me. They make me feel pinned down.
I don't believe in the word 'inspiration', you just have to do it.
I loved London. In the 1970s... it was very exciting, really wild.
That is the artistic task: To choose the best from these solutions.
The desire to reach for the sky runs very deep in the human psyche.
It's a project that touched me as an immigrant and as a New Yorker.
Always design a thing by considering it in its next larger context.
You have to build up a credibility before the support comes to you.