The older I get, the less I negotiate. When you first start out, it's 90 percent negotiation and 10 percent suggestion. When you get to a certain poi…

- Peter Marino

When you design someone's house, it's actually painful. I never say, "This house will be a total reflection of you and any defects in it will make yo…

- Peter Marino

I loathe when architects only analyze architecture in intellectual, nonvisual ways. I really love direct response, and that's very pop. I don't want …

- Peter Marino

After the motorcycle trips I take for one or two weeks, I have trouble getting back into a car, because I feel claustrophobic with all of that metal …

- Peter Marino

I wanted to be an artist, because it's a much better scam than being an architect.

- Peter Marino

Throughout history, from Abyssinians and Greeks onward, artists, sculptors, and architects have worked together. I find this post - World War II thin…

- Peter Marino

People's first homes are always disasters. It's like the first time you have sex. It's never as good as later on. It always gets better.

- Peter Marino

I like my clients. All of my clients say, "Peter. You're talented. But, your best virtue is your discretion." They really don't want to be talked abo…

- Peter Marino

I always want to encourage young artists. As the budgets get smaller, that might provide an opening for younger artists and more experimentation. Bud…

- Peter Marino