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Peter Eisenman
American
Architect
Born:
Aug 11
,
1932
Architecture
Believe
Me
Myself
People
You
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The more centralized the power, the less compromises need to be made in architecture.
Peter Eisenman
Architecture
Made
Power
More
Compromises
Centralized
Less
Need
I truly believe that the great heroes that create the history of architecture are people who take risks and write to tell about it.
Peter Eisenman
Great
History
Risks
People
Architecture
Heroes
Believe
Tell
About
Write
Take
Truly
The History Of
Create
Who
Architects design houses. I live in a home.
Peter Eisenman
Home
Live
Design
Architects
Houses
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.
Peter Eisenman
Life
Love
Art
Myself
Me
People
My Life
Live
Design
Other
Would
Never
Like
Very
Precious
Different
Anything
Things
Designing
I don't know how to use appliances. I mean, I use the coffee maker. But that's it.
Peter Eisenman
Coffee
Know
Maker
How
Mean
Use
Appliances
There's no such thing as an absolute openness. Openness is relative, I think, in all societies.
Peter Eisenman
Think
Relative
Absolute
Openness
Thing
Societies
I'm a Larry David fan, right? And it seems to me that Jewish history from the Talmud on has been a self-deprecating, self-critical kind of humor.
Peter Eisenman
Me
History
Humor
Has-Been
Kind
Seems
David
Self-Critical
Self-Deprecating
Talmud
Been
Fan
Larry
Right
Jewish
I really don't even think of myself as being Jewish except when I'm in Germany.
Peter Eisenman
Myself
Think
Except
Germany
Being
Really
Even
Jewish
I am immersed in architecture all day, working in my office or teaching.
Peter Eisenman
Day
Architecture
All Day
Immersed
Am
Office
Working
Teaching
The guy who sits in front of the TV set with headphones on has lost the capacity to react to the tactile environment.
Peter Eisenman
Lost
TV
TV Set
Guy
Tactile
Environment
Headphones
React
Front
Capacity
Who
Set
My father went to Rutgers, and I grew up in New Jersey, so I'm a great Rutgers fan. I have season tickets.
Peter Eisenman
Great
Father
New
Tickets
New Jersey
Up
Fan
Grew
Season
Jersey
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