Author: Peter Eisenman

Quotes

I am immersed in architecture all day, working in my office or teaching.

I am immersed in architecture all day, working in my office or teaching.

- Peter Eisenman

I truly believe that the great heroes that create the history of architecture are people who take risks and write to tell about it.

I truly believe that the great heroes that create the history of architecture are people who take risks and write to tell about it.

- Peter Eisenman

Architects design houses. I live in a home.

Architects design houses. I live in a home.

- Peter Eisenman

I'm not a fashion architect. I don't dress in Ralph Lauren and Gucci. When I buy a suit, I buy it at J. Press. I have a blue blazer that I wear 80 percent of the time.

I'm not a fashion architect. I don't dress in Ralph Lauren and Gucci. When I buy a suit, I buy it at J. Press. I have a blue blazer that I wear 80 percent of the time.

- Peter Eisenman

I am very different as a parent to new kids. My work changed from being rooted in the sky to being rooted in the earth.

I am very different as a parent to new kids. My work changed from being rooted in the sky to being rooted in the earth.

- Peter Eisenman

My father went to Rutgers, and I grew up in New Jersey, so I'm a great Rutgers fan. I have season tickets.

My father went to Rutgers, and I grew up in New Jersey, so I'm a great Rutgers fan. I have season tickets.

- Peter Eisenman

The more centralized the power, the less compromises need to be made in architecture.

The more centralized the power, the less compromises need to be made in architecture.

- Peter Eisenman

Architecture is definitely a political act.

Architecture is definitely a political act.

- Peter Eisenman

I didn't know I was Jewish until I encountered anti-Semitism at the age of 10, when my best friend told me I couldn't come to their house because I was a Jew.

I didn't know I was Jewish until I encountered anti-Semitism at the age of 10, when my best friend told me I couldn't come to their house because I was a Jew.

- Peter Eisenman

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