Quotes by Moshe Safdie

Moshe Safdie

Architecture has joined the world of fashion, but fashion is passing and architecture is timeless.

Architecture

Fashion

World

Architecture is changing faster than some other professions.

Architecture

Faster

Profession

Architecture is not about building the impossible, which we can do if we have enough money and enough tools and enough computers. It is about building what is appropriate and about attaining beauty through such an approach. I describe this premise as ‘inherent buildability’, and I believe it is central to what I do.

Beauty

Believe

Money

Architecture should be rooted in the past, and yet be part of our own time and forward looking.

Future

Looking Forward

Past

Beauty connotes humanity. We call a natural object beautiful because we see that its form expresses fitness, the perfect fulfillment of function.

Beautiful

Inspiration

Motivation

He who seeks truth shall find beauty. He who seeks beauty shall find vanity. He who seeks order shall find gratification. He who seeks gratification shall be disappointed. He who considers himself the servant of his fellow beings shall find the joy of self-expression. He who seeks self-expression shall fall into the pit of arrogance.

Fall

Inspiration

Motivation

I think the general public’s response to my projects is very strong. You can be an intellectual and say that popularity detracts from architectural quality. On the other hand, you can see in the public’s identification something very positive.

Hands

Strong

Thinking

I think you need to, as an architect, understand the essence of a place and create a building that feels like it resonates with the culture of a place. So my buildings in India or in Kansas City or in Arkansas or in Singapore, they come out different because the places are so different.

Essence

Kansas City

Thinking

I want my children to be able to meet and play and communicate with many other children on their own, not only when they are driven somewhere. I want them to grow up in an environment that is not just a place where people sleep but where people work.. and where people enjoy themselves.

Children

Growing Up

Sleep

I’m completely taken and impressed by the planning authority of Singapore and its Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA). It’s the most cutting-edge agency in the world. They have very effective guidelines for development, and they review design as it evolves.

Agency

Cutting

Taken

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Discipline

Essence

Fall

Fashion

Faster

Future

Growing Up

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Inspiration

Kansas City

Knows

Looking Forward

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Motivation

Past

People

Perfect

Profession

Profound

Sight

Sleep

Space

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Quotes by Moshe Safdie

Moshe Safdie

Architecture has joined the world of fashion, but fashion is passing and architecture is timeless.

Architecture is changing faster than some other professions.

Architecture should be rooted in the past, and yet be part of our own time and forward looking.

Beauty connotes humanity. We call a natural object beautiful because we see that its form expresses fitness, the perfect fulfillment of function.

I think the general public’s response to my projects is very strong. You can be an intellectual and say that popularity detracts from architectural quality. On the other hand, you can see in the public’s identification something very positive.

I think you need to, as an architect, understand the essence of a place and create a building that feels like it resonates with the culture of a place. So my buildings in India or in Kansas City or in Arkansas or in Singapore, they come out different because the places are so different.

I want my children to be able to meet and play and communicate with many other children on their own, not only when they are driven somewhere. I want them to grow up in an environment that is not just a place where people sleep but where people work.. and where people enjoy themselves.

I’m completely taken and impressed by the planning authority of Singapore and its Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA). It’s the most cutting-edge agency in the world. They have very effective guidelines for development, and they review design as it evolves.

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