I think architects tend to believe that they can almost do anything, which is a wonderful characteristic, but in some cases you just fall flat.

- Rafael Vinoly

I play only classical music. My pianos are my only big indulgence, but they're a necessity. When I'm playing the piano is literally the only time I c…

- Rafael Vinoly

Architects feel empowered to give opinions about politics and sociology and philosophy without knowing much about it. Kind of in the same way that th…

- Rafael Vinoly

In the theater, everything is ephemeral. Everything is almost weightless and without a very clear definition of how you made it.

- Rafael Vinoly

Im an expert on surfing the channels, so Im always able to find something strange. Or I watch C-Span. I can watch a conference on oceanography, or wh…

- Rafael Vinoly

There is no piece of music that could relate to anything else but itself and its world. It is truly an independent. The one thing coplanar with music…

- Rafael Vinoly

There are only two markets, ultraluxury and subsidized housing.

- Rafael Vinoly

Buildings are forms of performances.

- Rafael Vinoly

Music, first of all, is completely about abstraction, which is exactly what architecture is not. In a way, it has been incredibly constructive to kno…

- Rafael Vinoly