Renzo Piano Quotes


There is something about giving everything to your profession. In Italian, an obsession is not necessarily negative. It's the art of putting all your energy into one thing; it's the art of transforming even what you eat for lunch into architecture.


Citations

Piano, Renzo. "Interview: Renzo Piano." Academy of Achievement, 22 Oct. 1999.

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Renzo Piano
Renzo Piano
  • Born: September 14, 1937
  • Nationality: Italian
  • Profession: Architect

Renzo Piano OMRI OMCA is an Italian architect. His notable buildings include the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris (with Richard Rogers, 1977), The Shard in London (2012), the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City (2015) and Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in Athens (2016). He won the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1998.