82 Quotes by Daniel Libeskind

"Absolutely, that's my commitment, and that's the commitment of New York,"

"It's about freedom, it's about America, and it's about New York, and how does the city move forward in the face of these tragic events,"

"It's been hard to hand over the working design of Freedom Tower to another architect - although we're still a part of the team, and so is Larry."

"I never forgot that skyline and what it means to an immigrant, an American. It's not just a symbol. It's not just something up in the air. It's about the values that we all share,"

"Architecture is not based on concrete and steel, and the elements of the soil. It’s based on wonder."

"The official name of the project is ‘Jewish Museum’ but I have named it ‘Between the Lines’ because for me it is about two lines of thinking, organization and relationship. One is a straight line, but broken into many fragments, the other is a tortuous line, but continuing indefinitely."

"Life it is not just a series of calculations and a sum total of statistics, it’s about experience, it’s about participation, it is something more complex and more interesting than what is obvious."

"Larry wanted us to reposition the tower. We wouldn’t, and won’t. He’s been holding back our fees. We want to get paid. And that’s it. It’ll get solved and we’ll carry on with planning Ground Zero."

"And you have to remember that I came to America as an immigrant. You know, on a ship, through the Statue of Liberty. And I saw that skyline, not just as a representation of steel and concrete and glass, but as really the substance of the American Dream."

"I’m not Candide, nor Dr Pangloss, but we know that faith moves mountains."