I studied architecture in New York. So,... by Daniel Libeskind

Philosophy Design Architecture architect Contemporary

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

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When you're a kid with artistic yearnings brought up in the Bronx, you don't get fed up too easily.

- Daniel Libeskind

History Life

Only through acknowledgment of the erasure and void of Jewish life can the history of Berlin and Europe have a human future.

- Daniel Libeskind

Space Voice

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

Life

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.

- Daniel Libeskind

Competition Trees Will

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

Design

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.

- Daniel Libeskind

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