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Architecture

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

- Daniel Libeskind

Other quotes by Daniel Libeskind

Mountains Faith

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

- Daniel Libeskind

Living

I don't get to sleep when I'm in New York. Really. I'm living on adrenaline.

- Daniel Libeskind

Development

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

Dream

And you have to remember that I came to America as an immigrant. You know, on a ship, through the Statue of Liberty. And I saw that skyline, not just as a representation of steel and concrete and glass, but as really the substance of the American Dream.

- Daniel Libeskind

Responsibility

It's a fantastic responsibility and a wonderful moment.

- 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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