Architecture is a very dangerous job. If a writer makes a bad book, eh, people don't read it. But if you make bad architecture, you impose ugliness on a place for a hundred years. Renzo Piano architecturebadbook Change image and share on social
In architecture you should live for 150 years, because you have to learn in the first 75 years. Renzo Piano architecturelearnlive Change image and share on social
I came to architecture from building. Because my father was a builder, everybody was - and is - a builder in my family. Renzo Piano architecturebuildbuilder Change image and share on social
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 architectbelievebuild share on social
I don't like the idea that the first preparation when you start to design your building has to put your label. I think this is not fair. It's not fair to the building or to the people, to the client, because every building tells a different story. Renzo Piano buildclientdesign share on social
As an architect, you cannot be so arrogant as to say you are 100% sure about what you do. Renzo Piano architectarrogant Change image and share on social
A museum is a place where one should lose one's head. Renzo Piano headlosemuseum Change image and share on social
In some way, people believe that if you are permeable, if you are a good listener, you don't have the quality of somebody with a firm attitude. This is what, fundamentally, I got from my mother. Renzo Piano attitudefirmfundamentally Change image and share on social
A builder is like a little god - somebody who does things, doesn't just draw things. Renzo Piano builderdrawgod Change image and share on social
A piazza is not a plaza. The plaza is the theme park of the piazza; the plaza is the commercial version. A piazza is an empty space with no function. This is what Europeans understand. Renzo Piano commercialemptyeuropean Change image and share on social
