8 Renzo Piano Quotes for You to Enjoy

Renzo Piano

Italian Architect

Born: Sep 14, 1937

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The day I went to see my father to say I wanted to become an architect, he was a bit surprised, because for him being a builder is much more than being just an architect. He was very angry, and I never thought I could do something else. Renzo Piano

Day Angry Father Thought Become Else Say Bit See Architect Something Something Else More Could Never He Him Because Builder Surprised Very Than Just Being Wanted Much

The difference between a builder and an architect is that an architect also cares about desire, about dreams. Renzo Piano

Dreams Cares About Architect Between Also Builder Difference Desire

You have to accept as an architect to be exposed to criticism. Architecture should not rely on full harmony. Renzo Piano

You Architecture Criticism Harmony Architect Rely Accept Should Full Exposed

A museum is a place where one should lose one's head. Renzo Piano

Lose Head Where Place Should Museum

When you design a building, you start from a general philosophy, and you come down, and you start from detail and come up. Only the theoretical architect believes that you can make the concept and then sometime, somebody will come to build it. Renzo Piano

As an architect, you cannot be so arrogant as to say you are 100% sure about what you do. Renzo Piano

You Arrogant Say About Architect Sure Cannot

There is something about giving everything to your profession. In Italian, an obsession is not necessarily negative. It's the art of putting all your energy into one thing; it's the art of transforming even what you eat for lunch into architecture. Renzo Piano

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