42 Quotes by Peter Eisenman

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    I really don't even think of myself as being Jewish except when I'm in Germany.

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    I am very different as a parent to new kids. My work changed from being rooted in the sky to being rooted in the earth.

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    In New York, a Jew is a Jew, an Italian is an Italian, a Muslim is a Muslim: Nobody's going out of his way to treat you in a special way.

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    Clearly the anti-Semitism in Germany in the 1930s went overboard and it was clearly a terrible moment in history.

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    When looking at Germans, I have never felt a sense that they are guilty. I have encountered anti-Semitism in the United States as well.

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    Stop making me feel good. If you are anti-Semitic, fine. If you don't like me personally, fine. But deal with me as an individual, not as a Jew.

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    Endings are like, I always say, like a women's pregnancy. When she has a child, she is happy to have the child, but there is a thing called postpartum depression, that is that she is no longer carrying the baby.

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