Author: Renzo Piano

Quotes

I came to architecture from building. Because my father was a builder, everybody was - and is - a builder in my family.

I came to architecture from building. Because my father was a builder, everybody was - and is - a builder in my family.

- Renzo Piano

A builder is like a little god - somebody who does things, doesn't just draw things.

A builder is like a little god - somebody who does things, doesn't just draw things.

- Renzo Piano

Enjoying art is a personal matter. It's made up by contemplation, silence, abstraction.

Enjoying art is a personal matter. It's made up by contemplation, silence, abstraction.

- Renzo Piano

In architecture you should live for 150 years, because you have to learn in the first 75 years.

In architecture you should live for 150 years, because you have to learn in the first 75 years.

- Renzo Piano

When I was a student in the '60s, I dreamt of making a house 7 feet by 7 feet, as a dream of freedom, of self-moderation.

When I was a student in the '60s, I dreamt of making a house 7 feet by 7 feet, as a dream of freedom, of self-moderation.

- Renzo Piano

You have to accept as an architect to be exposed to criticism. Architecture should not rely on full harmony.

You have to accept as an architect to be exposed to criticism. Architecture should not rely on full harmony.

- Renzo Piano

Great American art needs the idea of uninterrupted spaces, like a loft, which itself is something very American.

Great American art needs the idea of uninterrupted spaces, like a loft, which itself is something very American.

- Renzo Piano

Architecture is a very dangerous job. If a writer makes a bad book, eh, people don't read it. But if you make bad architecture, you impose ugliness on a place for a hundred years.

Architecture is a very dangerous job. If a writer makes a bad book, eh, people don't read it. But if you make bad architecture, you impose ugliness on a place for a hundred years.

- Renzo Piano

I don't want to be romantic, but one of the most important things is to have happy buildings... it's like having a family with a lot of children.

I don't want to be romantic, but one of the most important things is to have happy buildings... it's like having a family with a lot of children.

- Renzo Piano

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