Renzo Piano Quotes
Architects have to dream, we have to search for our Atlantises, to be explorers, adventurers, and yet to build responsibly and well.
Quotes to Explore
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We had something very special in the Faces. We were blessed to have the fun we had.
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Balance is so important in our lives. In our busy world, we can give ourselves balance between thinking and feeling.
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You can always tell when a man's well informed. His views are pretty much like your own.
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You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.
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Midi is my hobby.
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I've been designing since I was 8. I started sketching dresses I could wear when skating. I was always involved in all aspects of skating, not just the technique, the choreography, the music, but the visual aspects, too - what I should wear.
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I'm a great believer in the experiential theory of writing.
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I make the music my ears want to hear, I wear the clothes my body wants to wear and the ones boys call me back for, and I generally make the songs that my feet dance to.
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Dream and you shall become.
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I never considered myself a movie star, and I didn't want to become a movie star, because as soon as you do, you throw away that possibility of playing character. You really do. All of a sudden you're just an entity, you know?
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I played a lot of sarcastic, wisecracking characters for a long time, and people would think that was me. And it's very much not me, and then people would think I was being sarcastic when I wasn't: 'Oh, you're making fun of me right now.' And I wasn't!
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The voice of the Holy Father was like a light.
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I love anything that involves the ocean. Swimming, snorkelling or surfing are all fun, which distracts from your mind that you are actually doing a workout. Being outdoors in the sun and the salt water is great for freeing your mind and feeling alive.
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Failure means a stripping away of the inessential.
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Older women are best, because they always think they may be doing it for the last time.
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Look at Walter Huston in The Devil and Daniel Webster: It's an incredible performance.
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With the first 'Hatchet,' I had an epic battle with the ratings board. They kept giving the movie an NC-17. There is absolutely no way that movie should have gotten an NC-17. All the gore in it is so ridiculous and over-the-top that you can't take it seriously.
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Insanity is hereditary; you get it from your children.
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Literature is no longer Necessary Teaching is left.
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I think the themes of belonging and parentage and love are obviously universal.
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MacGyver of course, that's probably my favorite show of all time, because it was a guy who was so, so smart and could use his wits, and his technical know-how could get him out of any situation. There's something about the adventurer aspect of that show that I loved, that he went on all these great missions and saved people without having to use guns or anything like that. And I think that show might even be coming back, too.
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Architects have to dream, we have to search for our Atlantises, to be explorers, adventurers, and yet to build responsibly and well.
