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Peter Eisenman Biography

Peter Eisenman (born 1932) is an American architect. Considered one of the New York Five, Eisenman is known for his writing and speaking about architecture as well as his designs, which have been called high modernist or deconstructive.

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

Arranging, Show, Shows, Spend, Too Much, Want

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.

David, Fans, Humor, Jewish, Kind, Self

The world is too full of information.

Full, Information, World

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

Believe, Create, Hero, Heroes, Writing

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

Architecture, Day, Immersed, Office, Teaching

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

Architecture, Centralized, Compromise, Compromises, Needs

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

Believe, House, Houses, Idea, Ideas

I would never live in anything I design. Life and art are different. My life is very precious to me - my art is precious to me. I love designing things for other people, but I don't like designing things for myself.

Art, Design, Different, Life, People

Architecture is definitely a political act.

Act, Architecture, Definitely, Political

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.

Changed, Different, Kids, Parent, Sky

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

Architecture, Believe, People, Say

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

Stuff, Taste, Wife

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

1930S, Clearly, Germany, Moments, Overboard

You cannot live with guilt.

Guilt, Live

Endings are like, I always say, like a women's pregnancy. When she has a child, she is happy to have the child, but there is a thing called postpartum depression, that is that she is no longer carrying the baby.

Baby, Carrying, Children, Pregnancy, Say, Thing

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