"When I concentrate on a specific site or place for which I am going to design a building, I try to plumb its depths, its form, its history and its sensuous qualities."

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Source : Peter Zumthor (1999). “Architektur denken”

Peter Zumthor

#Design Quotes #Trying Quotes #Quality Quotes

“A runway is like a shrink's couch; stuff just comes out.”
“if you hated white people, they would just hate you back, and nothing would change in the world; and if you didn't hate them after the way they treated you, you would end up hating yourself, and nothing would change that way, either. So it was no good to hate them, and it was no good not to hate them. So nothing changed.”
“Through Love and through Beauty, we achieve immortality.”
“A man is a very small thing, and the night is very large and full of wonders.”

Source : Lord Dunsany (2015). “Plays of Gods and Men”, p.46, Simon and Schuster
“The more things that can bring you joy in life, the better”
“It is...highly probable that from the very beginning, apart from death, the only ironclad rule of human experience has been the Law of Unintended Consequences.”
“At some time in the future scientists, physicians, mediums and healers will have to work together to perfect the science of the whole.”
“Never forget that the nurturing and preservation of your own muse is job one. Lose it and you may be losing a great deal.”

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