Renzo Piano Quotes
You have to accept as an architect to be exposed to criticism. Architecture should not rely on full harmony
Quotes to Explore
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Sure, 'Les Miserables' can be melodramatic. And seeing the musical instead of reading the novel will save you some time and spare you the long part where Hugo goes on and on about the Parisian sewer system. But I would hate for the novel to lose that.
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Anything - a destination, a person - that has some mystery around it becomes exciting and attractive.
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I moved to New York when I was 21 and worked between 40 and 70 hours a week. Then I invested it all. It was really just a hustle. But I was kind of raised to work like that, so to me, it seemed very normal and natural.
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Even as our economy starts to pick up, and new jobs are created, there is a risk that young people in Britain won't get the chances they deserve because businesses will continue to look elsewhere.
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Whatever the right hand findeth to do, the left hand carries a watch on its wrist to show how long it takes to do it.
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I am an advocate of education. It is the panacea for all that ails us in our society.
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The price of empire is America's soul, and that price is too high.
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To find a pool of lawyers from whom to choose, solicit referrals from other professionals you know or deal with - an accountant, banker or business leader. Check out Bar Association listings as well, and don't neglect Internet research.
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Getting your screenplay right is the most important thing you'll ever do on your film.
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I know terrorism is real. And I know fear of it distorts public judgment. Terrorism is like a chronic illness. We have to learn to contain it and live with it.
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I listen to your demo tape and act like I don't like it, six months later you hear your lyrics on my shit.
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For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight;His can't be wrong whose life is in the right.
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Well, if you don't want your relatives and friends to die, help me spread the news. Let people know about immortality device. That way, your loved ones won't die.
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Everyone has a dormant wrestling character in them that is pretty easy to tap into.
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Physically, I feel extremely well, perhaps fitter than ever.
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It's so perfectly Alaska to be like, 'Dad we're going to the Grammys,' and for him to be like, 'Oh, well that's great, Johnny. All right, gotta go back to work.'
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Together with a culture of work, there must be a culture of leisure as gratification. To put it another way: people who work must take the time to relax, to be with their families, to enjoy themselves, read, listen to music, play a sport.
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Though I was not a belligerent kid, I do not think I ever passed up a good opportunity to fight.
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Architecture is not based on concrete and steel, and the elements of the soil. It's based on wonder.
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Architecture, of all the arts, is the one which acts the most slowly, but the most surely, on the soul.
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Most science fiction is about white men who are 25 to 30, who are very smart, who face a physical problem and solve it.
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He has a 5 year plan... What is it, don't die?
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He is a fool who leaves things close at hand to follow what is out of reach.
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You have to accept as an architect to be exposed to criticism. Architecture should not rely on full harmony
