The World Motivation
In some way, people believe that if you are permeable, if you are a good listener, you don't have the quality of somebody with a firm attitude. This is what, fundamentally, I got from my mother.
“In some way, people believe that if you are permeable, if you are a good listener, you don't have the quality of somebody with a firm attitude. This is what, fundamentally, I got from my mother.”
— Renzo Piano · Attitude
In some way, people believe that if you are permeable, if you are a good listener, you don't have the quality of somebody with a firm attitude. This is what, fundamentally, I got from my mother.
A builder is like a little god - somebody who does things, doesn't just draw things.
I think people should try to teach young children that these qualities - stubbornness and a capacity to listen - might look like they are opposites, but they are not.
A museum is a place where one should lose one's head.
A piazza is not a plaza. The plaza is the theme park of the piazza; the plaza is the commercial version. A piazza is an empty space with no function. This is what Europeans understand.
I couldn't go now to a brand that had a niche attitude like... gothic. I couldn't do that. Well, I could do it, but I wouldn't find it interesting, challenging.
The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.
What a stupid attitude we have in this country to personal stories.
It's not the style that motivates me, as much as an attitude of openness that I have when I go into a project.
Our future cannot depend on the government alone. The ultimate solutions lie in the attitudes and the actions of the American people.