Peter Eisenman Quotes

Peter Eisenman — American Architect born on August 11, 1932,

Peter Eisenman is an American architect... (wikipedia)

If you were a son of mine, I wouldn't want you to be an architect, because it's a tough way to be in the world.

Conservation destroys the present. If we are only busy preserving the past, we are not living in the present and unable to look forward. I am against conservation. We should let young people move forward, whether we agree with them or not. We should let new things happen.

The problem with digital architecture is that an algorithm can produce endless variations, so an architect has many choices.

I don't believe that classical architecture is enough to engage people anymore. They say: 'So what else is new?'

I truly believe that the great heroes that create the history of architecture are people who take risks and write to tell about it.