De Portzamparc Quotes & Sayings

Architecture has a strong link with the movies in terms of time progression, sequencing, framing, all of that. — Christian De Portzamparc

Being self-critical is good; being self-hating is destructive. There's a very fine line there somewhere, and I walk it carefully. — Daniel Radcliffe

Failures are not your own self. See to it that you are free from them. Only when you can relinquish them can you really be free and no longer assailed by them. — Thich Nhat Hanh

Loss avoidance must be the cornerstone of your investment philosophy. — Seth Klarman

The more attention you give to the past, the more you energize it, and the more likely you are to make a "self" out of it. Don't misunderstand: Attention is essential, but not to the past as past. Give attention to the present; give attention to your behavior, to your reactions, moods, thoughts, emotions, fears, and desires as they occur in the present. There's the past in you. If you can be present enough to watch all those things, not critically or analytically but nonjudgmentally, then you are dealing with the past and dissolving it through the power of your presence. You cannot find yourself by going into the past. You find yourself by coming into the present. — Eckhart Tolle

An architect must remember that the people working or living in his building need space - to dream, to be quiet, to find beauty somewhere. — Christian De Portzamparc

When I am true to my inspiration, even fight for my design, the project always turns out well. — Christian De Portzamparc

The strengthening of behavior which results from reinforcement is appropriately called 'conditioning'. In operant conditioning we 'strengthen' an operant in the sense of making a response more probable or, in actual fact, more frequent. — B.F. Skinner

The thing about comedy is it gives you a platform to expose your own shortcomings, so it becomes a public display of weirdness. — Hannah Gadsby

We need to rediscover the essence of the meaning of 'the use.' Architecture is, above all, here for a better living. Every gesture, every shape must be justified by various reasons that would reinforce their reason to be, their use, and will give more sense to their beauty. — Christian De Portzamparc

Are you kidding? Aren't you worried I'll become that hung up on you?"
"I'm hoping you become that hung up on me. — Laurelin Paige

In the '60s when I was a student, there was this campaign to destroy 75 percent of the old buildings in Paris, replacing them with modern architecture. I realized this as a dangerous utopia. This modern vision did not understand the richness of the city. Thankfully, such destruction did not happen. — Christian De Portzamparc

When I was 18, I lived in Greenwich Village, New York, for nine months. At that time, I wanted to change the world, not through architecture, but through painting. I lived the artist's life, mingling with poets and writers, and working as a waiter. I was intrigued by the aliveness of the city. — Christian De Portzamparc