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> [My apartment reflects my views as an architect. It is minimal, austere. The architecture doesn't impose itself upon you. The apartment is a stage for other things to take place.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-tschumi/my-apartment-reflects-my-views-as-an-architect-it-is-minimal-austere/)

[Bernard Tschumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-tschumi/)

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## More by Bernard Tschumi

> [Any relationship between a building and its users is one of violence, for any use means the intrusion of a human body into a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-tschumi/any-relationship-between-a-building-and-its-users-is-one-of-violence/)

[Bernard Tschumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-tschumi/)

> [The general public will almost always stand behind the traditionalists. In the public eye, architecture is about comfort, about shelter, about bricks and mortar.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-tschumi/the-general-public-will-almost-always-stand-behind-the/)

[Bernard Tschumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-tschumi/)

> [The ultimate pleasure of architecture lies in the most forbidden parts of the architectural act, where limits are perverted and prohibitions are transgressed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-tschumi/the-ultimate-pleasure-of-architecture-lies-in-the-most-forbidden/)

[Bernard Tschumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-tschumi/)

> [I was once in a very, very bad car accident. So my drawing arm is full of pins and platinum stuff. Occasionally it hurts.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-tschumi/i-was-once-in-a-very-very-bad-car-accident-so-my-drawing-arm-is-full/)

[Bernard Tschumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-tschumi/)

> [I feel very comfortable in New York, in a city where there is no such thing as 'nationality.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-tschumi/i-feel-very-comfortable-in-new-york-in-a-city-where-there-is-no-such/)

[Bernard Tschumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-tschumi/)

> [My apartment reflects my views as an architect. It is minimal, austere. The architecture doesn't impose itself upon you. The apartment is a stage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-tschumi/my-apartment-reflects-my-views-as-an-architect-it-is-minimal-austere/)

[Bernard Tschumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-tschumi/)

> [Before 2000, everything was about being contextual, and buildings were supposed to be good citizens.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-tschumi/before-2000-everything-was-about-being-contextual-and-buildings-were/)

[Bernard Tschumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-tschumi/)

> [I think architects are often at their best when faced with restraints.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-tschumi/i-think-architects-are-often-at-their-best-when-faced-with-restraints/)

[Bernard Tschumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-tschumi/)

> [Society secretly delights in crime, excesses, and violated prohibitions of all sorts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-tschumi/society-secretly-delights-in-crime-excesses-and-violated-prohibitions/)

[Bernard Tschumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-tschumi/)

> [Concepts differentiate architecture from mere building...A bicycle shed with a concept is architecture; a cathedral without one is just a building.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-tschumi/concepts-differentiate-architecture-from-mere-building-a-bicycle-shed/)

[Bernard Tschumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-tschumi/)

> [Architecture is not so much a knowledge of form, but a form of knowledge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-tschumi/architecture-is-not-so-much-a-knowledge-of-form-but-a-form-of/)

[Bernard Tschumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-tschumi/)

> [I wear the same black suit. I have five of them. I pair them with a red scarf. I was wearing a red scarf…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-tschumi/i-wear-the-same-black-suit-i-have-five-of-them-i-pair-them-with-a-red/)

[Bernard Tschumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-tschumi/)

> [To really appreciate architecture, you may even need to commit a murder.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-tschumi/to-really-appreciate-architecture-you-may-even-need-to-commit-a-murder/)

[Bernard Tschumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-tschumi/)

> [When I designed my loft, I literally framed the World Trade Center as a picture postcard I could see from my bed. I no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-tschumi/when-i-designed-my-loft-i-literally-framed-the-world-trade-center-as/)

[Bernard Tschumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-tschumi/)

> [I never talked about architecture with my father, which I regret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-tschumi/i-never-talked-about-architecture-with-my-father-which-i-regret/)

[Bernard Tschumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-tschumi/)

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