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Ocupation: Architect

Life: b. June 1, 1944

Birthday: June 1

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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.

source: - "Classical Piano and Modern Design" by Robin Finn, www.nytimes.com. November 11, 2011.

Topics: Play, Piano, World

quote there is no piece of music that could relate to anything else but itself and its world rafael vinoly Quotes

There is no piece of music that could relate to anything else but itself and its world. It is truly an independent. The one thing coplanar with music is the compositional aspect, the fact that you are composing something. Architecture is essentially a score, and what happens with it depends on the people who play it, enjoy it, use it, or hate it.

Topics: Hate, Independent, Play

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 dont fall into the trap of thinking that what you do is abstract.

Topics: Fall, Thinking, Way

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.

Topics: Believe, Fall, Thinking

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

source: - "Rafael Viñoly Takes The Opera Stage". Interview with Zachary Woolfe, observer.com. July 26, 2011.

Topics: Ephemeral, Definitions, Theater

The most important thing about Jazz at Lincoln Center is the fact that its 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.

Topics: Art, Important, Culture, American Culture, Lincoln Center

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.

Topics: Fashion, Philosophy, Thinking, Utensils

Buildings are forms of performances.

Topics: Building, Form, Performances

There are only two markets, ultraluxury and subsidized housing.

source: - "Sky High and Going Up Fast: Luxury Towers Take New York" by Charles V. Bagli, www.nytimes.com. May 18, 2013.

Topics: Two, Housing

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

Topics: Surfing, Watches, Able

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