Tschumi Bernard Quotes & Sayings

This place isn't a refuge, it's a slave market. Why doesn't anyone see that?'
'Who says they don't see it? It's just that unwinding makes slavery look good. It's always the lesser of two evils.'
'I don't see why there have to be any evils at all. — Neal Shusterman

When I designed my loft, I literally framed the World Trade Center as a picture postcard I could see from my bed. I no longer have that image, and I mourn it. — Bernard Tschumi

It takes a Bobby White to make a tired 90-year-old composer write a song about love. — Gian Carlo Menotti

Society secretly delights in crime, excesses, and violated prohibitions of all sorts. — Bernard Tschumi

Architecture is not so much a knowledge of form, but a form of knowledge. — Bernard Tschumi

I wear the same black suit. I have five of them. I pair them with a red scarf. I was wearing a red scarf when I won the first architectural competition of my career. — Bernard Tschumi

The ultimate pleasure of architecture lies in the most forbidden parts of the architectural act, where limits are perverted and prohibitions are transgressed. — Bernard Tschumi

Any relationship between a building and its users is one of violence, for any use means the intrusion of a human body into a given space, the intrusion of one order into another. — Bernard Tschumi

Before 2000, everything was about being contextual, and buildings were supposed to be good citizens. — Bernard Tschumi

The depth of my love for him, of my need for him poured over me, both painful and sweet, both comforting and frightening. If anything happened to him, I didn't know how I would keep going. — Lisa Wingate

The general public will almost always stand behind the traditionalists. In the public eye, architecture is about comfort, about shelter, about bricks and mortar. — Bernard Tschumi

I feel very comfortable in New York, in a city where there is no such thing as 'nationality.' — Bernard Tschumi

I think architects are often at their best when faced with restraints. — Bernard Tschumi

Inside I knew he was meant to be the guy that taught me about life. Even if he broke my heart eventually. — Abbi Glines

Not that that's my goal, but when you're very wealthy and very famous, you can have a lot more decisions in what you do. You have a lot more opportunity. You can maybe even not work for a few years. It puts you in a great position to make some decisions. You're not always taking every job that comes and that kind of thing. — Jen Kirkman

I never talked about architecture with my father, which I regret. — Bernard Tschumi

My apartment reflects my views as an architect. It is minimal, austere. The architecture doesn't impose itself upon you. The apartment is a stage for other things to take place. — Bernard Tschumi

The blank page is God's way of letting us know how hard it is to be God. — G.K. Chesterton

Yet simplicity has been difficult to implement in modern life because it is against the spirit of a certain brand of people who seek sophistication so they can justify their profession. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

It's like everybody is obsessed with Hollywood movies worldwide. And even though everybody hates the Americans, they're still watching American movies. — Roland Emmerich

Concepts differentiate architecture from mere building ... A bicycle shed with a concept is architecture; a cathedral without one is just a building. — Bernard Tschumi

Compassion is the foundation of everything positive, everything good. If you carry the power of compassion to the marketplace and the dinner table, you can make your life really count. — Rue McClanahan

I am a hard man to replace. — Junot Diaz

I was once in a very, very bad car accident. So my drawing arm is full of pins and platinum stuff. Occasionally it hurts. But I found that after the arm was put back together I could draw better than before. I have no idea why. — Bernard Tschumi

Help others and give something back. I guarantee you will discover that while public service improves the lives and the world around you, its greatest reward is the enrichment and new meaning it will bring your own life. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

To really appreciate architecture, you may even need to commit a murder. — Bernard Tschumi