Winning a competition in architecture is a ticket to oblivion. It's just an idea. Ninety-nine per cent never get built.
Daniel LibeskindRead
There 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.
Interpretation
The quote highlights the resilience and faith of people rebuilding their lives in a challenging environment.
In this quote, Daniel Libeskind speaks to the remarkable human capacity for resilience and courage in the face of adversity. Despite the traumatic events of the terrorist attacks, the growing population of Lower Manhattan represents a collective faith in the community and a strong spirit of rebuilding and moving forward, showcasing the undying strength of humanity even in the most difficult circumstances.
In practice
This quote can be shared during a community gathering to inspire hope and unity.
Winning a competition in architecture is a ticket to oblivion. It's just an idea. Ninety-nine per cent never get built.
Architecture is not just for the moment, it is not just for the next fashion magazine.
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.
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.
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.
Architecture is not based on concrete and steel, and the elements of the soil. It's based on wonder.
We all need to say 'disabled' - because guess what? There's absolutely nothing wrong with having a disability. It makes you different. And there's nothing wrong with being different.
When, after the accident, I came out into the world and people looked at me, they were shocked. It upset me. I thought they were impolite not to hide their negative emotions about my look.
It's a struggle for every young Black man. You know how it is, only God can judge us.
I'm a survivor - a living example of what people can go through and survive.
It is one thing to open job opportunities. It is another to train people to fill them, or to persuade American enterprise to seek Negro as well as white applicants.
I've still never had a dream that I'm disabled. Never.
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