Winning a competition in architecture is a ticket to oblivion. It's just an idea. Ninety-nine per cent never get built.
Daniel LibeskindRead
Architecture is not just for the moment, it is not just for the next fashion magazine.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Architecture transcends trends and serves a longer purpose beyond mere aesthetics.
In this quote, Daniel Libeskind emphasizes that architecture should be considered as a lasting expression of culture and functionality rather than a fleeting design that caters solely to contemporary fashion. It underscores the idea that true architectural value lies in its ability to withstand the test of time and serve the needs of society beyond current trends.
Themes
ArchitectureDesignTimelessnessFunctionalityCulture
In practice
Example use cases
This quote could be used in a speech about the importance of sustainable architecture in today's world.
More from Daniel Libeskind
All quotes βThere are more people living in Lower Manhattan now than before the terrorist attacks. That's faith for you. There's such a strong spirit here.
Daniel LibeskindRead
And you have to remember that I came to America as an immigrant. You know, on a ship, through the Statue of Liberty. And I saw that skyline, not just as a representation of steel and concrete and glass, but as really the substance of the American Dream.
Daniel LibeskindRead
In a strange way, architecture is really an unfinished thing, because even though the building is finished, it takes on a new life. It becomes part of a new dynamic: how people will occupy it, use it, think about it.
Daniel LibeskindRead
I think there is a new awareness in this 21st century that design is as important to where and how we live as it is for museums, concert halls and civic buildings.
Daniel LibeskindRead
Architecture is not based on concrete and steel, and the elements of the soil. It's based on wonder.
Daniel LibeskindRead
Similar quotes
I could hardly sit through 'Frozen.' There was an attempt to craft a moral message and to build the story around that, instead of building the story and letting the moral message emerge. It was the subjugation of art to propaganda, in my estimation.
Jordan PetersonRead
I have never heard a dancer asking for advice about how to stay focused on her footwork, or a painter complaining about the dull day-to-day task of painting. What task worth doing isn't worth daily effort? Do you think Michelangelo was having fun the whole time he was on his back painting the Sistine Chapel's ceiling?
Ursula K. Le GuinRead
Everyone wants to understand art. Why don't we try to understand the song of a bird? Why do we love the night, the flowers, everything around us, without trying to understand them? But in the case of a painting, people think they have to understand.
Pablo PicassoRead
People often called us perfectionists, but we were not looking for perfection. We were looking for some kind of magic in the music.
Paul SimonRead
I think the first little jolt I got was reading Gerard Manley Hopkins - I liked other poems... but Hopkins was kind of electric for me - he changed the rules with speech, and the whole intensity of the language was there and so on.
Seamus HeaneyRead
I'm a great poet. I don't put my poems on paper: they consist of actions and feelings.
Honore De BalzacRead