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If you weren’t an optimist, it would be impossible to be an architect.
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Everything inspires me; sometimes I think I see things others don’t.
Norman Foster
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Manhattan, one of the most moneyed spots on the planet, also has one of the greatest concentrations of people in its skyscrapers. Its also, of course, the place where every architect wants to build his tower.
Norman Foster -
It takes a lot of effort to make a building look effortless.
Norman Foster -
Our object in life should be to accumulate a great number of grand questions to be asked and resolved in eternity.
Norman Foster -
The pencil and computer are, if left to their own devices, equally dumb and only as good as the person driving them.
Norman Foster -
Architecture is an expression of values.
Norman Foster -
Control is the wrong word. The practice is very much about sharing, and, in any creative practice, some individuals, whether partners or directors, are much closer to certain projects than I could ever be.
Norman Foster