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The modern museum is much more flexible, open and transparent. There's a lightness here that is different than in ancient museums.
Richard Meier
I've experienced Rome since I was a student there in 1955 and at the American Academy in 1976. It is a place that I have spent time in, loved and absorbed. It never occurred to me that I would someday build in Rome. It didn't seem that it was in the realm of possibilities.
Richard Meier
When I think of a place of worship, I think of a place where one can sit and be reminded of all the things that are important outside our individual lives. To express spirituality, the architect has to think of the original material of architecture, space and light.
Richard Meier
Wood floors give it a warmth that works well with the openness and transparency of the units, the way in which the wood extends out to the balcony. It gives it a continuity of surface, and people can then put down carpet or rugs or whatever they want.
Richard Meier
Rome has not seen a modern building in more than half a century. It is a city frozen in time.
Richard Meier
Any work of architecture that has with it some discussion, some polemic, I think is good. It shows that people are interested, people are involved.
Richard Meier
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Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.
Benjamin Franklin
Don't ask to live in tranquil times. Literature doesn't grow there.
Rita Mae Brown
On the way from Chicago, I spent the summer of 1947 in Ottawa, helping to build the first of a series of econometric models for the Canadian government.
Lawrence R. Klein
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The modern museum is much more flexible, open and transparent. There's a lightness here that is different than in ancient museums.
Richard Meier
I've experienced Rome since I was a student there in 1955 and at the American Academy in 1976. It is a place that I have spent time in, loved and absorbed. It never occurred to me that I would someday build in Rome. It didn't seem that it was in the realm of possibilities.
Richard Meier
When I think of a place of worship, I think of a place where one can sit and be reminded of all the things that are important outside our individual lives. To express spirituality, the architect has to think of the original material of architecture, space and light.
Richard Meier
Wood floors give it a warmth that works well with the openness and transparency of the units, the way in which the wood extends out to the balcony. It gives it a continuity of surface, and people can then put down carpet or rugs or whatever they want.
Richard Meier
Rome has not seen a modern building in more than half a century. It is a city frozen in time.
Richard Meier
Any work of architecture that has with it some discussion, some polemic, I think is good. It shows that people are interested, people are involved.
Richard Meier
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Based on Topics: Contemplation Quotes, Dignity Quotes, Hope Quotes, Memory Quotes, Place Quotes
Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.
Benjamin Franklin
Don't ask to live in tranquil times. Literature doesn't grow there.
Rita Mae Brown
On the way from Chicago, I spent the summer of 1947 in Ottawa, helping to build the first of a series of econometric models for the Canadian government.
Lawrence R. Klein