The difference between a builder and an architect is that an architect also cares about desire, about dreams.
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In architecture you should live for 150 years, because you have to learn in the first 75 years.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Architectural knowledge is gained over a lifetime, requiring both time and experience.
Renzo Piano suggests that true mastery in architecture requires a long-term commitment to learning and growth. He emphasizes that the first half of a person's career is primarily a learning phase, and only after accumulating enough knowledge and experience can one truly excel in the field, taking into account the impact of architecture on future generations.
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ArchitectureLearningExperienceMasteryKnowledge
In practice
Example use cases
During a lecture on architectural design, one might say, 'As Renzo Piano wisely stated, in architecture you should live for 150 years.'
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There is something about giving everything to your profession. In Italian, an obsession is not necessarily negative. It's the art of putting all your energy into one thing; it's the art of transforming even what you eat for lunch into architecture.
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I came to architecture from building. Because my father was a builder, everybody was - and is - a builder in my family.
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