Architecture is not just for the moment, it is not just for the next fashion magazine. Daniel Libeskind More Quotes by Daniel Libeskind More Quotes From Daniel Libeskind And it is very moving because one has to see the site not as just another site of development but it is a very special site. It is a site that souls and hearts of all Americans. Daniel Libeskind soulheartmoving It'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 beautiful city of the 21st century. Daniel Libeskind creatingcitiesbeautiful Don't look at the superficial success, at the short-term success. Look at the deep spiritual questions that architecture has to answer. Who do you build for? Where? What should you build? Daniel Libeskind spiritualanswerslooks Call Berlin. Drop everything we're doing. I have a complete vision of what should be. Daniel Libeskind berlinvisionshould I 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. Daniel Libeskind new-yorktryingmean I don't get to sleep when I'm in New York. Really. I'm living on adrenaline. Daniel Libeskind adrenalinenew-yorksleep The Spiral Gallery may happen, too. It is not dependent on government funding. Daniel Libeskind spiralsgovernmentmay I'm not Candide, nor Dr Pangloss, but we know that faith moves mountains. Daniel Libeskind mountaindrsmoving You cannot suddenly make Lower Manhattan into a sad place because we saw such a dramatic loss of life. You have to balance the memory, which is so important, and use it as a kind of Archimedean Point to create a lively, incredibly interesting, and culturally significant piece of a city and neighborhood. Daniel Libeskind citieslossmemories And 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 whole. Daniel Libeskind designcitiesneeds And of course I like Berlin a lot. It's such an interesting city Daniel Libeskind berlincitiesinteresting Larry 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 planning Ground Zero. Daniel Libeskind zerotowerswant When you're a kid with artistic yearnings brought up in the Bronx, you don't get fed up too easily. Daniel Libeskind artisticbronxkids Well, 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 site. Daniel Libeskind voicespacethinking There 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 is below. And it can be something very moving and very private. Daniel Libeskind memorialbeautifulmoving Only through acknowledgment of the erasure and void of Jewish life can the history of Berlin and Europe have a human future. Daniel Libeskind jewish-lifevoideurope There 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. Daniel Libeskind manhattanstrongpeople Well, I didn't want to have the reminder sort of in the sky, so that people would forever look at it. I wanted to have - really to create a city from the bottom up. From that foundation, which held, from the democratic power of what the site really is. Daniel Libeskind citypowerskypeople We will work with everybody for the good of New York. Daniel Libeskind newwillgoodwork We all came to see that site. We all walked around it. It is already sacred. Daniel Libeskind aroundseesitesacred
