Except for the projects in Israel, my being Israeli has contributed negatively to my global activity. It is hard for me, for example, to get projects in the Persian Gulf emirates. — Moshe Safdie Copy Share Image
I think the general public's response to my projects is very strong. You can be an intellectual and say that popularity detracts from architectural quality. On the other hand, you can see in the public's identification something very positive. — Moshe Safdie Copy Share Image
A house is not a machine! It's something else for living - but not a machine. — Moshe Safdie Copy Share Image
We are producing urban places which are disjointed and disconnected and not worthy of our civilisation — Moshe Safdie Copy Share Image
I want my children to be able to meet and play and communicate with many other children on their own, not only when they… — Moshe Safdie Copy Share Image
There is a profound ethic to architecture which is different from the other arts. — Moshe Safdie Copy Share Image
We live in a complicated, oppressive world with enormous cities and vast populations, and I try to contribute by making it more light and… — Moshe Safdie Copy Share Image
A painter, a sculptor, a writer, they can express freely. They don't affect society as a whole. We build buildings that have a purpose,… — Moshe Safdie Copy Share Image
I want my buildings to take root and look as if they've always been there. It isn't about pastiche or adapting what's already there.… — Moshe Safdie Copy Share Image
The greatest satisfaction, I think, is when a building opens and the public possesses it and you cut the umbilical cord and you see… — Moshe Safdie Copy Share Image
He who seeks truth shall find beauty. He who seeks beauty shall find vanity. He who seeks order shall find gratification. He who seeks… — Moshe Safdie Copy Share Image
This is the contradictory desire in our utopia. We want to live in a small community with which we can identify and yet we… — Moshe Safdie Copy Share Image
