Peter Eisenman
Peter Eisenman
Peter Eisenmanis an American architect. Considered one of the New York Five, Eisenman is known for his writing and speaking about architecture as well as his designs, which have been called high modernist or deconstructive...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionArchitect
Date of Birth11 August 1932
CountryUnited States of America
teaching office architecture
I am immersed in architecture all day, working in my office or teaching.
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I don't believe that classical architecture is enough to engage people anymore. They say: 'So what else is new?'
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Architecture is definitely a political act.
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The more centralized the power, the less compromises need to be made in architecture.
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The architecture we remember is that which never consoles or comforts us.
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In New York, a Jew is a Jew, an Italian is an Italian, a Muslim is a Muslim: Nobody's going out of his way to treat you in a special way.
I was in Jungian analysis for 20 years, 1976-96.
I really don't even think of myself as being Jewish except when I'm in Germany.
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I use the NordicTrack every other day for 20 minutes. I don't listen to music or watch TV while I do it. I count to myself. I count to 25; I count to 25 backwards, that sort of thing.
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I didn't know I was Jewish until I encountered anti-Semitism at the age of 10, when my best friend told me I couldn't come to their house because I was a Jew.
There's no such thing as an absolute openness. Openness is relative, I think, in all societies.
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My father went to Rutgers, and I grew up in New Jersey, so I'm a great Rutgers fan. I have season tickets.
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I'm not a fashion architect. I don't dress in Ralph Lauren and Gucci. When I buy a suit, I buy it at J. Press. I have a blue blazer that I wear 80 percent of the time.
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The guy who sits in front of the TV set with headphones on has lost the capacity to react to the tactile environment.