42 Quotes by Peter Eisenman

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.

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

I would never live in anything I design. Life and art are different. My life is very precious to me - my art is precious to me. I love designing things for other people, but I don't like designing things for myself.

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

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.

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

I am immersed in architecture all day, working in my office or teaching.

The guy who sits in front of the TV set with headphones on has lost the capacity to react to the tactile environment.

I'm not a fashion architect. I don't dress in Ralph Lauren and Gucci. When I buy a suit, I buy it at J. Press. I have a blue blazer that I wear 80 percent of the time.