I never thought I was going to be an architect in the conventional sense. — Elizabeth Diller Copy Share Image
Architecture has been male-dominated forever, and I am a grateful beneficiary of the women's movement. — Elizabeth Diller Copy Share Image
When I was studying architecture in the 1970s, it was intellectually bankrupt. — Elizabeth Diller Copy Share Image
In art school, it was about feeling. In architecture school, it was about ideas. — Elizabeth Diller Copy Share Image
I was a rebel. I never wanted to build. We thought of architecture as intellectually bankrupt and slightly corrupt, and I was… — Elizabeth Diller Copy Share Image
Architects typically inherit programmes or sites. We maybe twist the programme a little bit, bring our own invention into it, and we… — Elizabeth Diller Copy Share Image
Architects and food at a construction site equals indigestion. We're always looking for details that haven't been executed correctly. — Elizabeth Diller Copy Share Image
My interest was always to do interdisciplinary work with space. I thought of architecture as one strand in a multimedia practice. — Elizabeth Diller Copy Share Image
We're always taught that we're building for permanence, but why? I like the idea of a prosthetic architecture! When a section is… — Elizabeth Diller Copy Share Image
As a student, I hadn't really been interested in architecture at all, but when I started teaching, it grew into me -… — Elizabeth Diller Copy Share Image
Aside from keeping the rain out and producing some usable space, architecture is nothing but a special-effects machine that delights and disturbs… — Elizabeth Diller Copy Share Image
I can't imagine having a spouse who is not an architect. It's hard to put myself in the shoes of other couples… — Elizabeth Diller Copy Share Image
Architecture is a technology. And it's involved in all of the different networks of systems that produce architecture - including politics, economics,… — Elizabeth Diller Copy Share Image
We were kind of arrogant when we started and became really humbled as we were doing architecture. It's really hard to work… — Elizabeth Diller Copy Share Image
Theatre is real-time - you get that real-time audience reaction, which is fantastic. And with art pieces, people don't ever have to… — Elizabeth Diller Copy Share Image
As a student, I hadn't really been interested in architecture at all, but when I started teaching, it grew into me - rather than… — Elizabeth Diller Copy Share Image
Aside from keeping the rain out and producing some usable space, architecture is nothing but a special-effects machine that delights and disturbs the senses. — Elizabeth Diller Copy Share Image
My interest was always to do interdisciplinary work with space. I thought of architecture as one strand in a multimedia practice. — Elizabeth Diller Copy Share Image
Each project is torturous and joyful, and it's always an inspiration. — Elizabeth Diller Copy Share Image
Theatre is real-time - you get that real-time audience reaction, which is fantastic. And with art pieces, people don't ever have to explain themselves.… — Elizabeth Diller Copy Share Image
I don't really know what 'starchitect' means. I take it as a pejorative because it means that you're sought-after. — Elizabeth Diller Copy Share Image
We conventionally divide space into private and public realms, and we know these legal distinctions very well because we've become experts at protecting our… — Elizabeth Diller Copy Share Image
Many tools are indispensable for my work, from a utility knife to parametric-modeling software, like Digital Project. But it's important not to confuse the… — Elizabeth Diller Copy Share Image
Being a New Yorker and someone that goes to MoMA as a patron, I want it to be good. — Elizabeth Diller Copy Share Image
Architecture has been male-dominated forever, and I am a grateful beneficiary of the women's movement. — Elizabeth Diller Copy Share Image
