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> [Designing is a matter of concentration. You go deep into what you want to do. It's about intensive research, really. The concentration is warm and intimate and like the fire inside the earth - intense but not distorted. You can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-zumthor/designing-is-a-matter-of-concentration-you-go-deep-into-what-you-want/)

[Peter Zumthor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-zumthor/)

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## More by Peter Zumthor

> [I think space, architectural space, is my thing. It's not about facade, elevation, making image, making money. My passion is creating space.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-zumthor/i-think-space-architectural-space-is-my-thing-it-s-not-about-facade/)

[Peter Zumthor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-zumthor/)

> [I grew up in a craftsman's home, where things were done with our own hands. I did cabinetmaking for four years and I hated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-zumthor/i-grew-up-in-a-craftsman-s-home-where-things-were-done-with-our-own/)

[Peter Zumthor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-zumthor/)

> [Architecture has its place in the concrete world. This is where it exists. This is where it makes its statement.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-zumthor/architecture-has-its-place-in-the-concrete-world-this-is-where-it/)

[Peter Zumthor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-zumthor/)

> [When I concentrate on a specific site or place for which I am going to design a building, I try to plumb its depths,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-zumthor/when-i-concentrate-on-a-specific-site-or-place-for-which-i-am-going/)

[Peter Zumthor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-zumthor/)

> [I’m a passionate architect... I do not work for money](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-zumthor/i-m-a-passionate-architect-i-do-not-work-for-money/)

[Peter Zumthor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-zumthor/)

> [My relationship to plants becomes closer and closer. They make me quiet; I like to be in their company.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-zumthor/my-relationship-to-plants-becomes-closer-and-closer-they-make-me/)

[Peter Zumthor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-zumthor/)

> [If you look at the Earth without architecture, its sometimes a little bit unpleasant. So there is this basic human need to do shelter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-zumthor/if-you-look-at-the-earth-without-architecture-its-sometimes-a-little/)

[Peter Zumthor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-zumthor/)

> [The first 10 years of my professional life had only to do with running away from my father. He was a wonderful cabinet-maker, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-zumthor/the-first-10-years-of-my-professional-life-had-only-to-do-with/)

[Peter Zumthor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-zumthor/)

> [I've said goodbye to the overworked notion that architecture has to save the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-zumthor/i-ve-said-goodbye-to-the-overworked-notion-that-architecture-has-to/)

[Peter Zumthor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-zumthor/)

> [My buildings should have an emotional core –a space which, in itself, has an emotional nice feeling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-zumthor/my-buildings-should-have-an-emotional-core-a-space-which-in-itself/)

[Peter Zumthor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-zumthor/)

> [I think the chance of finding beauty is higher if you don't work on it directly. Beauty in architecture is driven by practicality. This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-zumthor/i-think-the-chance-of-finding-beauty-is-higher-if-you-don-t-work-on/)

[Peter Zumthor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-zumthor/)

> [I work anywhere between three and 10 years on a project, depending on the size. My lifetime is finite. Therefore, I have to look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-zumthor/i-work-anywhere-between-three-and-10-years-on-a-project-depending-on/)

[Peter Zumthor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-zumthor/)

> [If you're lucky, and a building succeeds, the real product has many more dimensions than you can ever imagine. You have the sun, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-zumthor/if-you-re-lucky-and-a-building-succeeds-the-real-product-has-many/)

[Peter Zumthor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-zumthor/)

> [In a fragment of a second you can understand: Things you know, things you don’t know, things you don’t know that you don’t know,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-zumthor/in-a-fragment-of-a-second-you-can-understand-things-you-know-things/)

[Peter Zumthor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-zumthor/)

> [If I look at history, it seems that most wars and most cruel things have been done by men and not by women.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-zumthor/if-i-look-at-history-it-seems-that-most-wars-and-most-cruel-things/)

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