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24 quotes by Peter Eisenman

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Conservation destroys the present. If we are only busy preserving the past, we are not living in the present and unable to look forward. I am against... →

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Architects design houses. I live in a home.

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The guy who sits in front of the TV set with headphones on has lost the capacity to react to the tactile environment.

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I am immersed in architecture all day, working in my office or teaching.

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I don't believe that classical architecture is enough to engage people anymore. They say: 'So what else is new?'

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The problem with digital architecture is that an algorithm can produce endless variations, so an architect has many choices.

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I'm not a fashion architect. I don't dress in Ralph Lauren and Gucci. When I buy a suit, I buy it at J. Press. I have a blue blazer that I... →

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I truly believe that the great heroes that create the history of architecture are people who take risks and write to tell about it.

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Architecture is definitely a political act.

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The more centralized the power, the less compromises need to be made in architecture.

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If you were a son of mine, I wouldn't want you to be an architect, because it's a tough way to be in the world.

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I don't know how to use appliances. I mean, I use the coffee maker. But that's it.

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I'm a Larry David fan, right? And it seems to me that Jewish history from the Talmud on has been a self-deprecating, self-critical kind of humor.

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