Author: Peter Eisenman

Quotes

Architects design houses. I live in a home.

Architects design houses. I live in a home.

- 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

The problem with digital architecture is that an algorithm can produce endless variations, so an architect has many choices.

The problem with digital architecture is that an algorithm can produce endless variations, so an architect has many choices.

- Peter Eisenman

I don't believe that classical architecture is enough to engage people anymore. They say: 'So what else is new?'

I don't believe that classical architecture is enough to engage people anymore. They say: 'So what else is new?'

- 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

I'm a Larry David fan, right? And it seems to me that Jewish history from the Talmud on has been a self-deprecating, self-critical kind of humor.

I'm a Larry David fan, right? And it seems to me that Jewish history from the Talmud on has been a self-deprecating, self-critical kind of humor.

- Peter Eisenman

Architecture is definitely a political act.

Architecture is definitely a political act.

- Peter Eisenman

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 don't design houses with the nuclear family idea because I don't believe in it as a concept.

I don't design houses with the nuclear family idea because I don't believe in it as a concept.

- Peter Eisenman

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