Moshe Safdie Quotes

Moshe Safdie — Israeli Architect born on July 14, 1938,

Moshe Safdie, CC, FAIA is an Israeli/Canadian/American architect, urban designer, educator, theorist, and author. He is most identified with Habitat 67, which paved the way for his international career... (wikipedia)

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.

My identity is always at the forefront, and I also think that every article that is written about me refers to me as an Israeli architect.

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

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

Countries and places have a history, a story, and a culture.