Michael Arad Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I'm a little more measured. That sense of urgency I thought accompanied things - it can take a little longer. You have to take the long view.”

“I really appreciate artists of the 20th century, and I can see a lot of their influence on my work, but to suggest that my design only fits within an 'ism' kind of bothers me.”

“For two years nobody talked about anything other than the name arrangement. There was no fund-raising and no progress being made on construction and design.”

“I pushed the process forward by saying, 'We should do this, this, and this right now. Please find the budget for me to find a structural engineer, a mechanical engineer, a civil engineer, so we can do the preliminary work.'”

“You can just never desist. You have to always push back, whatever the pressures put on you.”

“I love New York, but I'd felt like an outsider here.”

“I think my desire to imagine a future for this site came out of trying to come to terms with the emotions that day aroused.”

“If I wasn't going to live in Israel, I had to live in New York.”

“It was really a magical moment, to see this idea that's in your head.”

“New York was a place I wanted to live and work all along. If I wasn't going to live in Israel, I had to live in New York.”