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23 quotes by Moshe Safdie

Moshe Safdie, CC, FAIA (born July 14, 1938) is an Israeli/Canadian/American architect, urban designer, educator, theorist, and author. He is most identified with Habitat 67, which paved the way for his international career.
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He who seeks truth shall find beauty. He who seeks beauty shall find vanity. He who seeks order shall find gratification. He who seeks gratification... →

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Performing arts buildings are complex. The acoustics, the sight lines and all that have to just be perfect. So you begin with just making these... →

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I'm completely taken and impressed by the planning authority of Singapore and its Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA). It's the most... →

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Architecture has joined the world of fashion, but fashion is passing and architecture is timeless.

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Beauty connotes humanity. We call a natural object beautiful because we see that its form expresses fitness, the perfect fulfillment of function.

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A painter, a sculptor, a writer, they can express freely. They don't affect society as a whole. We build buildings that have a purpose, that stay... →

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Architecture should be rooted in the past, and yet be part of our own time and forward looking.

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A house is not a machine! It's something else for living - but not a machine.

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I want my buildings to take root and look as if they've always been there. It isn't about pastiche or adapting what's already there.... →

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Architecture is changing faster than some other professions.

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Countries and places have a history, a story, and a culture.

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I grew up in a country where the environment was very social justice-oriented.

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I try firstly to make buildings humane.

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