Daniel Libeskind

"To provide meaningful architecture is not to parody history but to articulate it."

"Cities are the greatest creations of humanity."

"Winning a competition in architecture is a ticket to oblivion. It's just an idea. Ninety-nine per cent never get built."

"I studied architecture in New York. So, really I was very moved, like everyone else, to try to contribute something that has that resonance and profundity of it means to all of us."

"I think there is a new awareness in this 21st century that design is as important to where and how we live as it is for museums, concert halls and civic buildings."

"And then, build a bustling wonderful city of the 21st century, with a restoration of a spectacular skyline, which Manhattan, of course, needs. So, that is really the design as a whole."