Daniel LibeskindAnd then, build a bustling wonderful city of the 21st century, with a restoration of a spectacular skyline, which Manhattan, of course, needs. So, that is really the design as a w… ▶362Reading
Daniel LibeskindI think to be creative you have to resist taking the easy path.352Thought
Daniel LibeskindWinning a competition in architecture is a ticket to oblivion. It's just an idea. Ninety-nine per cent never get built. ✨ Rebuilding the rubble by Suzie Mackenzie, www.thegu… ▶375Thought
Daniel LibeskindCall Berlin. Drop everything we're doing. I have a complete vision of what should be.377Love
Daniel LibeskindI'm not Candide, nor Dr Pangloss, but we know that faith moves mountains. ✨ You've got to have faith. Interview with Jonathan Glancey, www.theguardian.com. August 4, 20… ▶378Hope
Daniel LibeskindI think there is a new awareness in this 21st century that design is as important to where and how we live as it is for museums, concert halls and civic buildings.334Thought
Daniel LibeskindWhat is a habit? It’s just a shackle for ourselves.313Humanity
Daniel LibeskindLife it is not just a series of calculations and a sum total of statistics, it's about experience, it's about participation, it is something more complex and more interesting than… ▶282Life
Daniel LibeskindI believe that the idea of the totality, the finality of the master-plan, is misguided. One should advocate a gradual transformation of public space, a metamorphic process, withou… ▶293HopeThoughtTime
Daniel LibeskindOnly through acknowledgment of the erasure and void of Jewish life can the history of Berlin and Europe have a human future. ✨ Rebuilding the rubble by Suzie Mackenzie, www.… ▶284HopeHumanityLife
Daniel LibeskindCities are the greatest creations of humanity. ✨ The rise and rise of the skyscraper. edition.cnn.com. July 4, 2005.306Humanity
Daniel LibeskindOur lives are complex; our emotions are complex; our intellectual desires are complex. I believe that architecture … needs to mirror that complexity in every single space that we … ▶319Politics
Daniel LibeskindIn a strange way, architecture is really an unfinished thing, because even though the building is finished, it takes on a new life. It becomes part of a new dynamic: how people wi… ▶253HumanityLifeThought
Daniel LibeskindLarry wanted us to reposition the tower. We wouldn't, and won't. He's been holding back our fees. We want to get paid. And that's it. It'll get solved and we'll carry on with plan… ▶3110Hope
Daniel LibeskindI studied architecture in New York. So, really I was very moved, like everyone else, to try to contribute something that has that resonance and profundity of it means to all of us… ▶245Death
Daniel LibeskindThere will be a competition for the memorial. And then it can be developed with trees, with planting. It can become a very beautiful place protected from the streets, because it i… ▶225Truth
Daniel LibeskindThe Spiral Gallery may happen, too. It is not dependent on government funding. ✨ You've got to have faith. Interview with Jonathan Glancey, www.theguardian.com. August … ▶161HopePolitics
Daniel LibeskindWell, I think one doesn't really have to invent this memorial space, because it is already there. And it is speaking with a voice and, you know, 4 million of us came to see the si… ▶172ReadingThought
Daniel LibeskindAnd you have to remember that I came to America as an immigrant. You know, on a ship, through the Statue of Liberty. And I saw that skyline, not just as a representation of steel … ▶173Time
Daniel LibeskindWe live in a time of renaissance ... cities are coming back to life, after a long neglect.184LifeTime
Daniel LibeskindTo provide meaningful architecture is not to parody history, but to articulate it.186Philosophy
Daniel LibeskindAnd of course I like Berlin a lot. It's such an interesting city177Love
Daniel LibeskindThere are more people living in Lower Manhattan now than before the terrorist attacks. That's faith for you. There's such a strong spirit here. ✨ You've got to have fai… ▶188HopeHumanityLife
Daniel LibeskindIt's about how to bring together the seemingly contradictory aspects of the memorial, which is about a tragedy and how it changed the world, but also about creating a vital and be… ▶133Love
Daniel LibeskindThe official name of the project is 'Jewish Museum' but I have named it 'Between the Lines' because for me it is about two lines of thinking, organization and relationship. One is… ▶134Thought
Daniel LibeskindArchitecture is not based on concrete and steel, and the elements of the soil. It's based on wonder.167Truth
Daniel LibeskindWhen you're a kid with artistic yearnings brought up in the Bronx, you don't get fed up too easily. ✨ You've got to have faith by Jonathan Glancey, www.theguardian.com.… ▶1810Hope
Daniel LibeskindArchitecture is not just for the moment, it is not just for the next fashion magazine. ✨ Ignore the critics – Beethoven was a failure in their eyes too, says Daniel Li… ▶168Time
Daniel LibeskindI don't get to sleep when I'm in New York. Really. I'm living on adrenaline. ✨ You've got to have faith. Interview with Jonathan Glancey, www.theguardian.com. August 4,… ▶1410HopeLife
