Peter Eisenman Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“There's no such thing as an absolute openness. Openness is relative, I think, in all societies.”

“Architecture is definitely a political act.”

“I don't know how to use appliances. I mean, I use the coffee maker. But that's it.”

“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.”

“My father went to Rutgers, and I grew up in New Jersey, so I'm a great Rutgers fan. I have season tickets.”

“I don't design houses with the nuclear family idea because I don't believe in it as a concept.”

“I didn't know I was Jewish until I encountered anti-Semitism at the age of 10, when my best friend told me I couldn't come to their house because I was a Jew.”

“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.”

“I use the NordicTrack every other day for 20 minutes. I don't listen to music or watch TV while I do it. I count to myself. I count to 25; I count to 25 backwards, that sort of thing.”

“I really don't even think of myself as being Jewish except when I'm in Germany.”