All Peter Zumthor Quotes
- There is still a real need for good quality architecture, not paper architecture, but the real stuff. Architecture
- What I try to do is the art of building, and the art of building is the art of construction; it is not only about… Art
- Architecture to me is whole. I cannot say I only care about this 25% and the other 75% I let go... it's just I want… Architecture
- I am convinced that a good building must be capable of absorbing the traces of human life and taking on a specific richness... I think… Absorb
- 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 is… Architecture
- 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 light,… Bird
- In a society that celebrates the inessential, architecture can put up a resistance, counteract the waste of forms and meanings and speak its own language. Architecture
- You feel a certain way in a glass or concrete or limestone building. It has an effect on your skin - the same with plywood… Body
- Architecture has its place in the concrete world. This is where it exists. This is where it makes its statement. Architecture
- My first buildings, when I was about 30, were rejected for aesthetic reasons. Aesthetic
- I work anywhere between three and 10 years on a project, depending on the size. My lifetime is finite. Therefore, I have to look carefully… Anywhere
- If I look at history, it seems that most wars and most cruel things have been done by men and not by women. Been