Moshe Safdie

thumb|Moshe Safdie (2004) Moshe Safdie (born July 14, 1938) is an Israeli-Canadian architect. Quotes When I got my first commission after Habitat, for a few weeks I couldn't draw." CBC television interview, used for many years in CBC Montreal's sign-on montage Architecture is not about building the impossible, which we can do if we have enough money and enough tools and enough computers, it is about building what is appropriate and about attaining beauty through such an approach. I describe this premise as "inherent buildability and I believe it is central to what I do. from lecture Megascale, Order and Complexity held in Emmertal, Germany on July 27, 2008 Form and Purpose (1982): He who seeks Truth Shall find Beauty He who seeks Beauty Shall find Vanity He who seeks Order Shall find Gratification He who seeks Gratification Shall be Disappointed He who considers himself as the servant of his fellow being Shall find the joy of Self-Expression He who seeks Self-Expression Shall fall into the pit of Arrogance Arrogance is incompatible with nature Thru the nature of the universe and the nature of man we shall seek Truth If we seek truth we shall find Beauty External links Moshe Safdie Category:Architects from Canada Category:Jews from Israel Category:Jews from Canada Category:1938 births Category:Living people Category:People from Haifa Category:Non-fiction authors from Canada Category:Academics from Israel Category:Academics from Canada Category:Educators from Canada Category:Immigrants to Canada