Peter Eisenman Quotes & Sayings

“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 conservation. We should let young people move forward, whether we agree with them or not. We should let new things happen.”

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

“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.”

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

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

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

“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 wear 80 percent of the time.”

“Architects design houses. I live in a home.”

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

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