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
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?
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.
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 …
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…
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…
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.
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.
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