As an architect, you have to provide a shelter to enjoy art. And you have to love art. It's like when you make a concert hall. You must love music. This is the reason why you make the space, to enjoy music - making a space for art is the same thing. - Renzo Piano 1 Share Now -
Every year I spend one month just sailing, but I still work when I'm on the boat. You never separate work from leisure. A boat is like a magic world, like a little island. - Renzo Piano 2 Share Now -
As an architect, you have to provide a shelter to enjoy art. And you have to love art. It's like when you make a concert hall. You must love music. This is the reason why you make the space, to enjoy music - making a space for art is the same thing. - Renzo Piano 3 Share Now -
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 4 Share Now -
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 5 Share Now -
I came to architecture from building. Because my father was a builder, everybody was - and is - a builder in my family. - Renzo Piano 6 Share Now -
As an architect, you have to provide a shelter to enjoy art. And you have to love art. It's like when you make a concert hall. You must love music. This is the reason why you make the space, to enjoy music - making a space for art is the same thing. - Renzo Piano 7 Share Now -
I don't want to be romantic, but one of the most important things is to have happy buildings... it's like having a family with a lot of children. - Renzo Piano 8 Share Now -
In a way I spend my entire life stealing from everything - from the past, from cities I love, from where I grew up - grabbing things, taking not only from architecture but from Italy, art, writing, poetry, music. - Renzo Piano 9 Share Now -
In a way I spend my entire life stealing from everything - from the past, from cities I love, from where I grew up - grabbing things, taking not only from architecture but from Italy, art, writing, poetry, music. - Renzo Piano 10 Share Now -
