It sounds really over the top to say you're responsible for the city of New York, but I do feel responsibility to the city of New York, to this country, to people everywhere. So many people were affected by the events of September 11, and I feel this is one of the ways that that event will be understood and defined.
I really appreciate artists of the 20th century, and I can see a lot of their influence on my work, but to suggest that my design only fits within an… - Michael Arad
I really appreciate artists of the 20th century, and I can see a lot of their influence on my work, but to suggest that my design only fits within an…
- Michael Arad
New York was a place I wanted to live and work all along. If I wasn't going to live in Israel, I had to live in New York. - Michael Arad
New York was a place I wanted to live and work all along. If I wasn't going to live in Israel, I had to live in New York.
How do you design it so that people can form a space of their own, and feel quiet and contemplative? - Michael Arad
How do you design it so that people can form a space of their own, and feel quiet and contemplative?
PERFORMING TRIBUTE 9/11 shows the heroism of people who have chosen to respond to devastation and hatred with quiet determination and a belief that t… - Michael Arad
PERFORMING TRIBUTE 9/11 shows the heroism of people who have chosen to respond to devastation and hatred with quiet determination and a belief that t…
For two years nobody talked about anything other than the name arrangement. There was no fund-raising and no progress being made on construction and … - Michael Arad
For two years nobody talked about anything other than the name arrangement. There was no fund-raising and no progress being made on construction and …
When I was in the Army, the unit I served in, you could never stop. It was a volunteer unit, and there was a fairly high rate of attrition. The peopl… - Michael Arad
When I was in the Army, the unit I served in, you could never stop. It was a volunteer unit, and there was a fairly high rate of attrition. The peopl…
I hope for the experience of people standing together, turning their backs to the city and facing this, and hearing the leaves rustle. Well, maybe it… - Michael Arad
I hope for the experience of people standing together, turning their backs to the city and facing this, and hearing the leaves rustle. Well, maybe it…
I think my desire to imagine a future for this site came out of trying to come to terms with the emotions that day aroused. - Michael Arad
I think my desire to imagine a future for this site came out of trying to come to terms with the emotions that day aroused.
You can just never desist. You have to always push back, whatever the pressures put on you. - Michael Arad
You can just never desist. You have to always push back, whatever the pressures put on you.
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