Quotes from Richard Meier

Ultimately it's the public nature of those projects that I most enjoy. Museums are more than just places to view art, they're also civic and social centers.

We think about project's public nature and how that can be enhanced, how the spaces we create can enliven the experience of being there.

You can't escape the influence of architectural history.

The responsibility of an architect is to create a sense of order, a sense of place, a sense of relationship.

Each museum is different - the collection is different, the context is different, the relationship between the art and architecture is different.

Rome has not seen a modern building in more than half a century. It is a city frozen in time.

Any work of architecture that has with it some discussion, some polemic, I think is good. It shows that people are interested, people are involved.

An important work of architecture will create polemics.

The stunted pines elude capture in a thousand sidetracked increments. The wind will never understand them. Like us it is forced to go on.

Rome has not seen a modern building in more than half a century. It is a city frozen in time.

An important work of architecture will create polemics.

Any work of architecture that has with it some discussion, some polemic, I think is good. It shows that people are interested, people are involved.

The work needs to have a certain longevity. It lasts longer than we do.

Winning the competition for Frankfurt's Museum of Applied Art in '79 opened the door to a number of projects in Europe, especially as we were invited to join many design competitions.