Hurts Quotes 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…

— 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.

— 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.

— 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.…

— Bernard Tschumi

I feel very comfortable in New York, in a city where there is no such thing as 'nationality.'

— 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…

— Bernard Tschumi

Before 2000, everything was about being contextual, and buildings were supposed to be good citizens.

— Bernard Tschumi

I think architects are often at their best when faced with restraints.

— Bernard Tschumi

Society secretly delights in crime, excesses, and violated prohibitions of all sorts.

— Bernard Tschumi

Concepts differentiate architecture from mere building...A bicycle shed with a concept is architecture; a cathedral without one is just a building.

— Bernard Tschumi

Architecture is not so much a knowledge of form, but a form of knowledge.

— 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…

— Bernard Tschumi