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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. — Peter Eisenman

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

Clearly the anti-Semitism in Germany in the 1930s went overboard and it was clearly a terrible moment in history. — Peter Eisenman

Architects design houses. I live in a home. — Peter Eisenman

I am immersed in architecture all day, working in my office or teaching. — Peter Eisenman

Stop making me feel good. If you are anti-Semitic, fine. If you don't like me personally, fine. But deal with me as an individual, not as a Jew. — Peter Eisenman

The problem with digital architecture is that an algorithm can produce endless variations, so an architect has many choices. — Peter Eisenman

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

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

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. — Peter Eisenman

You cannot live with guilt. — Peter Eisenman

The architecture we remember is that which never consoles or comforts us. — Peter Eisenman

I am not a finisher, I am a starter. And I am always thinking, what is the next project. — Peter Eisenman

I was in Jungian analysis for 20 years, 1976-96. — Peter Eisenman

The best clients in the world are the people who cause you to struggle. — Peter Eisenman

I don't design houses with the nuclear family idea because I don't believe in it as a concept. — Peter Eisenman

Intellectual capacity is related to the ability of solving problems in the
right manner. — Eraldo Banovac

It was fortunate she loved him because he really was an idiot. — Jen Turano

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. — Peter Eisenman

The man Jack was, above all things, a professional, or so he told himself, — Neil Gaiman

I don't know how to use appliances. I mean, I use the coffee maker. But that's it. — Peter Eisenman

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

The guy who sits in front of the TV set with headphones on has lost the capacity to react to the tactile environment. — Peter Eisenman

When looking at Germans, I have never felt a sense that they are guilty. I have encountered anti-Semitism in the United States as well. — Peter Eisenman

The more centralized the power, the less compromises need to be made in architecture. — Peter Eisenman

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. — Peter Eisenman

On a dog sled team, unless you're the lead dog the view never changes. — Dominique Sutton

We can't do this on so many levels," she whispered. But I don't care." Vee, The Way You Bite — Zoe Forward

Damn it all, it's the first duty of a soldier - it's the first duty of all Englishmen - to be able to tell a good lie in answer to a charge. — Ford Madox Ford

I really don't even think of myself as being Jewish except when I'm in Germany. — Peter Eisenman

Architecture is definitely a political act. — Peter Eisenman

Sono pazzo di te," he whispered, leaning forward, — Mary Calmes

With that, I took a deep breath and leapt; spreading my arms, pretending I could fly ... — Chelsie Shakespeare

The world is too full of information. — Peter Eisenman

If you want to show a picture, just show it - don't spend too much time arranging it. — Peter Eisenman

I'm from the generation that had the boys' door and the girls' door when you went to school, and you got in big trouble if you went in the wrong one. — Margaret Atwood

I truly believe that the great heroes that create the history of architecture are people who take risks and write to tell about it. — Peter Eisenman