When I am asked what I believe in, I say that I believe in architecture. Architecture is the mother of the arts. I like to believe that architecture connects the present with the past and the tangible with the intangible. — Richard Meier Copy Share Image
We are all affected by Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright, Alvar Aalto, and Mies van der Rohe. But no less than Bramante, Borromini, and Bernini. Architecture is a tradition, a long continuum. Whether we break with tradition or enhance it,… — Richard Meier Copy Share Image
When I am asked what I believe in, I say that I believe in architecture. Architecture is the mother of the arts. I like… — Richard Meier Copy Share Image
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… — Richard Meier Copy Share Image
The world has changed a great deal from when I began 50 years ago. I was very fortunate. There were a lot of opportunities… — Richard Meier Copy Share Image
“The stunted pines elude capture in a thousand sidetracked increments. The wind will never understand them. Like us it is forced to go on.” — Richard Meier Copy Share Image
Architecture which enters into a symbiosis with light does not merely create form in light, by day and at night, but allow light to… — Richard Meier Copy Share Image
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… — Richard Meier Copy Share Image
For me [ Giovanni Lorenzo ] Bernini, [Francesco ] Borromini, and [Donato] Bramante have been as significant as Alvar Aalto, Frank Lloyd Wright, Le… — Richard Meier Copy Share Image
The work needs to have a certain longevity. It lasts longer than we do. — Richard Meier Copy Share Image
Any work of architecture that has with it some discussion, some polemic, I think is good. It shows that people are interested, people are… — Richard Meier Copy Share Image
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. — Richard Meier Copy Share Image
Rome has not seen a modern building in more than half a century. It is a city frozen in time. — Richard Meier Copy Share Image
![“For me [ Giovanni Lorenzo ] Bernini, [Francesco ] Borromini, and [Donato] Bramante have been as significant as Alvar Aalto, Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier, and Louis Kahn. I still marvel at their works, which have a quality and a timelessness that I seek to have in our projects.” quote by Richard Meier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ca4/richard-meier-23489_bernini_for-me-giovanni-lorenzo-bernini-francesc_511305.jpg)
