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> [The world has changed a great deal from when I began 50 years ago. I was very fortunate. There were a lot of opportunities that perhaps don't exist today.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-meier/the-world-has-changed-a-great-deal-from-when-i-began-50-years-ago-i/)

[Richard Meier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-meier/)

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## More by Richard Meier

> [When I am asked what I believe in, I say that I believe in architecture. Architecture is the mother of the arts. I like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-meier/when-i-am-asked-what-i-believe-in-i-say-that-i-believe-in/)

[Richard Meier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-meier/)

> [Winning the competition for Frankfurt's Museum of Applied Art in '79 opened the door to a number of projects in Europe, especially as we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-meier/winning-the-competition-for-frankfurt-s-museum-of-applied-art-in-79/)

[Richard Meier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-meier/)

> [The world has changed a great deal from when I began 50 years ago. I was very fortunate. There were a lot of opportunities…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-meier/the-world-has-changed-a-great-deal-from-when-i-began-50-years-ago-i/)

[Richard Meier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-meier/)

> [“The stunted pines elude capture in a thousand sidetracked increments. The wind will never understand them. Like us it is forced to go on.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-meier/the-stunted-pines-elude-capture-in-a-thousand-sidetracked-increments/)

[Richard Meier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-meier/)

> [Architecture which enters into a symbiosis with light does not merely create form in light, by day and at night, but allow light to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-meier/architecture-which-enters-into-a-symbiosis-with-light-does-not-merely/)

[Richard Meier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-meier/)

> [Ultimately it's the public nature of those projects that I most enjoy. Museums are more than just places to view art, they're also civic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-meier/ultimately-it-s-the-public-nature-of-those-projects-that-i-most-enjoy/)

[Richard Meier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-meier/)

> [ For me \[ Giovanni Lorenzo \] Bernini, \[Francesco \] Borromini, and \[Donato\] Bramante have been as significant as Alvar Aalto, Frank Lloyd Wright, Le… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-meier/for-me-giovanni-lorenzo-bernini-francesco-borromini-and-donato/)

[Richard Meier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-meier/)

> [The work needs to have a certain longevity. It lasts longer than we do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-meier/the-work-needs-to-have-a-certain-longevity-it-lasts-longer-than-we-do/)

[Richard Meier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-meier/)

> [If I had my druthers, I would do a lot more.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-meier/if-i-had-my-druthers-i-would-do-a-lot-more/)

[Richard Meier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-meier/)

> [Any work of architecture that has with it some discussion, some polemic, I think is good. It shows that people are interested, people are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-meier/any-work-of-architecture-that-has-with-it-some-discussion-some/)

[Richard Meier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-meier/)

> [We think about project's public nature and how that can be enhanced, how the spaces we create can enliven the experience of being there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-meier/we-think-about-project-s-public-nature-and-how-that-can-be-enhanced/)

[Richard Meier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-meier/)

> [Rome has not seen a modern building in more than half a century. It is a city frozen in time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-meier/rome-has-not-seen-a-modern-building-in-more-than-half-a-century-it-is/)

[Richard Meier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-meier/)

> [It's important to understand differences in scale and environment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-meier/it-s-important-to-understand-differences-in-scale-and-environment/)

[Richard Meier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-meier/)

> [We are all affected by Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright, Alvar Aalto, and Mies van der Rohe. But no less than Bramante, Borromini, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-meier/we-are-all-affected-by-le-corbusier-frank-lloyd-wright-alvar-aalto/)

[Richard Meier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-meier/)

> [I was in Taiwan recently and was completely amazed by the density of population. It makes New York look like no one is out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-meier/i-was-in-taiwan-recently-and-was-completely-amazed-by-the-density-of/)

[Richard Meier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-meier/)

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