Rafael Vinoly Quotes

#1. Music, first of all, is completely about abstraction, which is exactly what architecture is not. In a way, it has been incredibly constructive to know what true abstraction is. So you don't fall into the trap of thinking that what you do is abstract.

Rafael Vinoly

#2. I'm going to stop a revolution,' I say. I turn right, and Peter follows me.

Veronica Roth

#3. I believe in the magic of preparation. You can make just about any foods taste wonderful by adding herbs and spices. Experiment with garlic, cilantro, basil and other fresh herbs on vegetables to make them taste great.

Jorge Cruise

#4. I think architects tend to believe that they can almost do anything, which is a wonderful characteristic, but in some cases you just fall flat.

Rafael Vinoly

#5. There are only two markets, ultraluxury and subsidized housing.

Rafael Vinoly

#6. My wife and I thought we were in love, but it turned out to be benign

Woody Allen

#7. I'm an expert on surfing the channels, so I'm always able to find something strange. Or I watch C-Span. I can watch a conference on oceanography, or whatever, for hours.

Rafael Vinoly

#8. Architects feel empowered to give opinions about politics and sociology and philosophy without knowing much about it. Kind of in the same way that they think they can design furniture or fashion or utensils for dining.

Rafael Vinoly

#9. In the theater, everything is ephemeral. Everything is almost weightless and without a very clear definition of how you made it.

Rafael Vinoly

#10. I don't like the idea of other people poring over my secrets. I don't even know if I have any secrets.

Jasmine Warga

#11. I play only classical music. My pianos are my only big indulgence, but they're a necessity. When I'm playing the piano is literally the only time I can be completely abstract and disconnected from the regular world and yet be connected - to my music.

Rafael Vinoly

#12. If you do not love yourself to the depth of totality, you will never love love as a reality.

Harbhajan Singh Yogi

#13. The most important thing about Jazz at Lincoln Center is the fact that it's the first time that perhaps the most important art form in American culture has a place to really exhibit itself and dedicated to its own particular conditions of performance.

Rafael Vinoly

#14. Everyone complains that we can no longer intake huge chunks of text. I find that a reason to celebrate. It's something that has deep roots in modernism, stretching from the Futurists' use of typography to Pound's use of ideograms to concrete poetry.

Kenneth Goldsmith

#15. The 2-D movie works as well as the 3-D movie. I want to make sure that people like the 2-D version. It's not a gimmick. It actually improves the viewing experience, but the movie stands on its own.

Louis Leterrier

#16. Just because you're damaged doesn't mean you must damage others. You have choices. We all make them every day.

Shannon Delany

#17. Buildings are forms of performances.

Rafael Vinoly