Hugh Hardy

There was this enormous burst of sculptural creative juice in the nineteenth century, and all that stuff is just so decorative. Even…

— Hugh Hardy

I get very excited when I go to a show - there are all these people who don't know each another who've…

— Hugh Hardy

When I was in architecture school at Princeton, the worst thing you could say about someone was that they were eclectic.

— Hugh Hardy

During the Second World War, nobody built any concert halls or theaters. After the war, Lincoln Center was a very brave project…

— Hugh Hardy

Please, don't use a cornice as a doorstop. At least put it somewhere where people will have to look up at it.…

— Hugh Hardy

I am an architect, first.

— Hugh Hardy

Basically, New York housing is designed by formula, with lots of restrictions.

— Hugh Hardy

When I went to India, I became absolutely obsessed with the idea of building a hotel in India. I've never done a…

— Hugh Hardy

Theater publicly reveals the human condition through appealing to both intellect and emotion. Architecture, whether lowly or exalted, can do the same.

— Hugh Hardy

I live in a loft in a building I designed, but for my dream house I'd get Frank Gehry, just to see…

— Hugh Hardy