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

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My father went to Rutgers, and I grew up in New Jersey, so I'm a great Rutgers fan. I have season tickets.

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There's no such thing as an absolute openness. Openness is relative, I think, in all societies.

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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.

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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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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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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.

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Architecture is definitely a political act.

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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.

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My wife has her stuff and her taste, and I have my stuff and my taste.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Architect

Born: August 11th, 1932

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