Fire Quote by Jean Nouvel

“If there was a fire at my house I would throw more things on it. The only thing I would take out? Myself!”

Jean Nouvel

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Each new situation requires a new architecture.

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I don't like the idea that one hotel could be better than another. In any city, I try to find a hotel that has the identity of that place - Claridge's in London, the Danieli or Cipriani in Venice. In New York, I stay at the Mercer Hotel; it is so much in the character of SoHo.

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Art should be created for life, not for the museum

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I like to play with architecture! It's my favorite game.

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I generally hate the luxury modern apartment with too many things out of sight and so clean you cannot touch.

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I think architecture has to be a gift.

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The best engineer a few decades ago was someone who could create the most beautiful beam or structure; today it's to do a structure…

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My interest has always been in an architecture which reflects the modernity of our epoch as opposed to the rethinking of historical references. My…

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My buildings are more famous than me.

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“Nothing is ever lost nor can be lost; the body aged, sluggish,cold… the embers left from earlier fires shall dully flame again”

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Tonight I feel like a prisoner on fire, waiting desperately... denied, sentenced forever more. Only your love can set me free.

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