"You have to accept as an architect to be exposed to criticism. Architecture should not rely on full harmony"

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Source : "The Shard: Renzo Piano's great glass elevator". Interview With Steve Rose, www.theguardian.com. June 13, 2012.

Renzo Piano

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“The more competition, the better. I hope to get snubbed again this year.”
“The belief, not only of the socialist but of those so-called liberals who are diligently preparing the way for them is that by due skill an ill working humanity may be framed into well-working initiations. It is delusion. The defective natures of citizens will show themselves in bad acting of whatever social structure they are arranged into. There is no political alchemy by which you can get golden conduct out of laden instincts.”
“On the approach of spring, I withdraw without reluctance from the noisy and extensive scene of crowds without company, and dissipation without pleasure.”
“I think that I was lucky that I was 30 when I did 'Love Story', which came with this extravagant pop celebrity. I had already done 15 years of what I call 'real' work.' I was a waitress, chambermaid, and a photographer's assistant, so I knew that I was tremendously lucky as a novice actor to have that big hit.”
“Celebrities become divas because they get pampered so much, babied so much - then they get used to it”
“There is but one pleasure in life equal to that of being called on to make an after-dinner speech, and that is not being called on to make one.”
“Be comfortable; be you. Whats most important is to understand what suits your body type and personality. Stick to that, and you cant go wrong!”
“The only thing I ever withheld from the KGB were the names of two agents whom I personally had known and handled and had a particular feeling for.”

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