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Renzo Piano Quotes

As an architect, you have to provide a shelter to enjoy art. And you have to love art. It’s like when you make a concert hall. You must love music. This is the reason why you make the space, to enjoy music - making a space for art is the same thing Picture Quote #1

Every year I spend one month just sailing, but I still work when I’m on the boat. You never separate work from leisure. A boat is like a magic world, like a little island Picture Quote #1

There is something about giving everything to your profession. In Italian, an obsession is not necessarily negative. Its the art of putting all your energy into one thing; its the art of transforming even what you eat for lunch into architecture Picture Quote #1

A piazza is not a plaza. The plaza is the theme park of the piazza; the plaza is the commercial version. A piazza is an empty space with no function. This is what Europeans understand Picture Quote #1

The day I went to see my father to say I wanted to become an architect, he was a bit surprised, because for him being a builder is much more than being just an architect. He was very angry, and I never thought I could do something else Picture Quote #1

Architecture is art, but art vastly contaminated by many other things. Contaminated in the best sense of the word Â” fed, fertilised by many things Picture Quote #1

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Great American art needs the idea of uninterrupted spaces, like a loft, which itself is something very American Picture Quote #1

Architecture is a very dangerous job. If a writer makes a bad book, eh, people don’t read it. But if you make bad architecture, you impose ugliness on a place for a hundred years Picture Quote #1

I don’t want to be romantic, but one of the most important things is to have happy buildings... it’s like having a family with a lot of children Picture Quote #1

When you design a building, you start from a general philosophy, and you come down, and you start from detail and come up. Only the theoretical architect believes that you can make the concept and then sometime, somebody will come to build it Picture Quote #1

The difference between a builder and an architect is that an architect also cares about desire, about dreams Picture Quote #1

When I was a student in the 60s, I dreamt of making a house 7 feet by 7 feet, as a dream of freedom, of self-moderation Picture Quote #1

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In some way, people believe that if you are permeable, if you are a good listener, you don’t have the quality of somebody with a firm attitude. This is what, fundamentally, I got from my mother Picture Quote #1

You can put down a bad book; you can avoid listening to bad music; but you cannot miss the ugly tower block opposite your house Picture Quote #1

A museum is a place where one should lose one’s head Picture Quote #1

Architects spend an entire life with this unreasonable idea that you can fight against gravity Picture Quote #1

I don’t remember a single thing in my childhood that was not related in some way to building Picture Quote #1

If you have total freedom, then you are in trouble. It’s much better when you have some obligation, some discipline, some rules. When you have no rules, then you start to build your own rules Picture Quote #1

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Cities are beautiful because they are created slowly; they are made by time. A city is born from a tangle of monuments and infrastructures, culture and market, national history and everyday stories. It takes 500 years to create a city, 50 to create a neighborhood Picture Quote #1

When a man is not satisfied with a house where he lives, he becomes an architect Picture Quote #1

Architecture is an imposed art in some ways, imposed upon the public, so people must be sure about what you’re doing. You have to be sure about what you’re doing Picture Quote #1

Knowing how to do things not just with the head, but with the hands as well: this might seem a programmatic and ideological goal. It is not. It is a way of safeguarding creative freedom Picture Quote #1

Architecture is art. I don’t think you should say that too much, but it is art. I mean, architecture is many, many things. Architecture is science, is technology, is geography, is typography, is anthropology, is sociology, is art, is history. You know all this comes together. Architecture is a kind of bouillabaisse, an incredible bouillabaisse. And, by the way, architecture is also a very polluted art in the sense that it’s polluted by life, and by the complexity of things Picture Quote #1

As an architect you are a builder. You are of course more than a builder. You need to be a militant, you have to be a poet, you have to be a visionary, you have to be an artist. But certainly you have to be a builder. Everything starts from there Picture Quote #1

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Architecture is art, but art vastly contaminated by many other things. Contaminated in the best sense of the word – fed, fertilised by many things Picture Quote #1

One of the great beauties of architecture is that each time, it is like life starting all over again Picture Quote #1

London is one of the most civilised places in the world for the procedure of making architecture and urban design Picture Quote #1

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As an architect, you have to provide a shelter to enjoy art. And you have to love art. It’s like when you make a concert hall. You must love music. This is the reason why you make the space, to enjoy music - making a space for art is the same thing. (Renzo Piano Quotes) Every year I spend one month just sailing, but I still work when I’m on the boat. You never separate work from leisure. A boat is like a magic world, like a little island (Renzo Piano Quotes) There is something about giving everything to your profession. In Italian, an obsession is not necessarily negative. Its the art of putting all your energy into one thing; its the art of transforming even what you eat for lunch into architecture (Renzo Piano Quotes) A piazza is not a plaza. The plaza is the theme park of the piazza; the plaza is the commercial version. A piazza is an empty space with no function. This is what Europeans understand (Renzo Piano Quotes) The day I went to see my father to say I wanted to become an architect, he was a bit surprised, because for him being a builder is much more than being just an architect. He was very angry, and I never thought I could do something else. (Renzo Piano Quotes) Architecture is art, but art vastly contaminated by many other things. Contaminated in the best sense of the word Â” fed, fertilised by many things. (Renzo Piano Quotes) Great American art needs the idea of uninterrupted spaces, like a loft, which itself is something very American. (Renzo Piano Quotes) Architecture is a very dangerous job. If a writer makes a bad book, eh, people don’t read it. But if you make bad architecture, you impose ugliness on a place for a hundred years. (Renzo Piano Quotes) I don’t want to be romantic, but one of the most important things is to have happy buildings... it’s like having a family with a lot of children. (Renzo Piano Quotes) When you design a building, you start from a general philosophy, and you come down, and you start from detail and come up. Only the theoretical architect believes that you can make the concept and then sometime, somebody will come to build it. (Renzo Piano Quotes) The difference between a builder and an architect is that an architect also cares about desire, about dreams. (Renzo Piano Quotes) When I was a student in the 60s, I dreamt of making a house 7 feet by 7 feet, as a dream of freedom, of self-moderation. (Renzo Piano Quotes) In some way, people believe that if you are permeable, if you are a good listener, you don’t have the quality of somebody with a firm attitude. This is what, fundamentally, I got from my mother. (Renzo Piano Quotes) You can put down a bad book; you can avoid listening to bad music; but you cannot miss the ugly tower block opposite your house (Renzo Piano Quotes) A museum is a place where one should lose one’s head (Renzo Piano Quotes) Architects spend an entire life with this unreasonable idea that you can fight against gravity (Renzo Piano Quotes) I don’t remember a single thing in my childhood that was not related in some way to building (Renzo Piano Quotes) If you have total freedom, then you are in trouble. It’s much better when you have some obligation, some discipline, some rules. When you have no rules, then you start to build your own rules (Renzo Piano Quotes) Cities are beautiful because they are created slowly; they are made by time. A city is born from a tangle of monuments and infrastructures, culture and market, national history and everyday stories. It takes 500 years to create a city, 50 to create a neighborhood (Renzo Piano Quotes) When a man is not satisfied with a house where he lives, he becomes an architect (Renzo Piano Quotes) Architecture is an imposed art in some ways, imposed upon the public, so people must be sure about what you’re doing. You have to be sure about what you’re doing (Renzo Piano Quotes) Knowing how to do things not just with the head, but with the hands as well: this might seem a programmatic and ideological goal. It is not. It is a way of safeguarding creative freedom (Renzo Piano Quotes) Architecture is art. I don’t think you should say that too much, but it is art. I mean, architecture is many, many things. Architecture is science, is technology, is geography, is typography, is anthropology, is sociology, is art, is history. You know all this comes together. Architecture is a kind of bouillabaisse, an incredible bouillabaisse. And, by the way, architecture is also a very polluted art in the sense that it’s polluted by life, and by the complexity of things (Renzo Piano Quotes) As an architect you are a builder. You are of course more than a builder. You need to be a militant, you have to be a poet, you have to be a visionary, you have to be an artist. But certainly you have to be a builder. Everything starts from there (Renzo Piano Quotes) Architecture is art, but art vastly contaminated by many other things. Contaminated in the best sense of the word – fed, fertilised by many things (Renzo Piano Quotes) One of the great beauties of architecture is that each time, it is like life starting all over again (Renzo Piano Quotes) London is one of the most civilised places in the world for the procedure of making architecture and urban design (Renzo Piano Quotes)