Peter Eisenman famous quotes

04-17-2025

The architecture we remember is that which never consoles or comforts us.
-- Peter Eisenman

#Comfort #Architecture #Remember
I truly believe that the great heroes that create the history of architecture are people who take risks and write to tell about it.
-- Peter Eisenman

#Believe #Hero #Writing
I would never live in anything I design. Life and art are different. My life is very precious to me - my art is precious to me. I love designing things for other people, but I don't like designing things for myself.
-- Peter Eisenman

#Art #People #Design
The more centralized the power, the less compromises need to be made in architecture.
-- Peter Eisenman

#Needs #Architecture #Compromise
Architects design houses. I live in a home.
-- Peter Eisenman

#Home #Design #House
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.
-- Peter Eisenman

#Self #Fans #Kind
Architecture is definitely a political act.
-- Peter Eisenman

#Political #Architecture
The problem with digital architecture is that an algorithm can produce endless variations, so an architect has many choices.
-- Peter Eisenman

#Choices #Variation #Algorithms
I don't design houses with the nuclear family idea because I don't believe in it as a concept.
-- Peter Eisenman

#Believe #Ideas #Design
I don't believe that classical architecture is enough to engage people anymore. They say: 'So what else is new?'
-- Peter Eisenman

#Believe #People #Architecture

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