Bernard Tschumi quotes

My apartment reflects my views as an architect. It is minimal, austere. The architecture doesn't impose itself upon you. The apartment is a stage for other things to take place. (Bernard Tschumi)

The general public will almost always stand behind the traditionalists. In the public eye, architecture is about comfort, about shelter, about bricks and mortar.

Bernard Tschumi

Society secretly delights in crime, excesses, and violated prohibitions of all sorts.

Bernard Tschumi

I was once in a very, very bad car accident. So my drawing arm is full of pins and platinum stuff. Occasionally it hurts. But I found that after the arm was put back together I could draw better than before. I have no idea why.

Bernard Tschumi

I think architects are often at their best when faced with restraints.

Bernard Tschumi

The ultimate pleasure of architecture lies in the most forbidden parts of the architectural act, where limits are perverted and prohibitions are transgressed.

Bernard Tschumi

When I designed my loft, I literally framed the World Trade Center as a picture postcard I could see from my bed. I no longer have that image, and I mourn it.

Bernard Tschumi

I never talked about architecture with my father, which I regret.

Bernard Tschumi

Bernard Tschumi

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Occupation: Swiss Architect
Born: January 25, 1944
Quotes count: 8

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