Architecture Quote by Renzo Piano

“In a way I spend my entire life stealing from everything - from the past, from cities I love, from where I grew up - grabbing things, taking not only from architecture but from Italy, art, writing, poetry, music.”

Renzo Piano

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My inspiration came from the land, ... and, of course, from Paul Klee . . . and the poetics of his paintings.

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