Daniel Libeskind

Daniel Libeskind

Daniel Libeskind (born May 12, 1946) is an American architect, artist, and set designer of Polish Jewish descent.

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To provide meaningful architecture is not to parody history but to articulate it.

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Cities are the greatest creations of humanity.

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Winning a competition in architecture is a ticket to oblivion. It's just an idea. Ninety-nine per cent never get built.

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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.

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I think there is a new awareness in this 21st century that design is as important to where and how we live as it is for museums, concert halls and civic buildings.

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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.

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Life it is not just a series of calculations and a sum total of statistics, it's about experience, it's about participation, it is something more complex and more interesting than what is obvious.

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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.

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I'm not Candide, nor Dr Pangloss, but we know that faith moves mountains.

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