33 Quotes by Michael Arad

I believe that people are fundamentally are decent. And, yes, you will have people that sometimes will misbehave.

I love New York, but I'd felt like an outsider here.

I really appreciate artists of the 20th century, and I can see a lot of their influence on my work, but to suggest that my design only fits within an 'ism' kind of bothers me.

For two years nobody talked about anything other than the name arrangement. There was no fund-raising and no progress being made on construction and design.

As architects we are often involved in the concrete-steel-and-glass aspect of it, but cities are social structures, and to be involved in imagining the future of cities and the type of relationships and the types of places that we're making is something that intrigues me very much.

You can just never desist. You have to always push back, whatever the pressures put on you.

I built a series of supporters that had my back. I never abused that trust. You can’t cry wolf. You have to solve most problems yourself.

I’m a little more measured. That sense of urgency I thought accompanied things – it can take a little longer. You have to take the long view.

As architects we are often involved in the concrete-steel-and-glass aspect of it, but cities are social structures, and to be involved in imagining the future of cities and the type of relationships and the types of places that we’re making is something that intrigues me very much.