Robert A. M. Stern Quotes

"The American dream has always depended on the dialogue between the present and the past. In our architecture, as in all our other arts-indeed, as in our political and social culture as a whole-ours has been a struggle to formulate and sustain a usable past."
-Robert A. M. Stern

"Our greatest responsibility is not to be pencils of the past."
-Robert A. M. Stern

"The dialogue between client and architect is about as intimate as any conversation you can have, because when you're talking about building a house, you're talking about dreams."
-Robert A. M. Stern