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"...Do you think that some architects could be described as artists?
No, I don’t.
Architects are much too sophisticated to be artists.
Why?
That is a question that should remain unanswered. But I don’t think architects are artists. I think architects are much too sophisticated to be artists, and they are trained in the great art of making compromises to keep the client happy. This I think, of course, is totally unfair to the architects, but I can assure that I have the highest respect for the art of actually succeeding -- to succeed under the conditions of which the architect has to work to create great architecture, with a client, with a city, with city regulations. I mean, that is really a challenge, an incredible challenge. I’m surprised to see that occasionally a rather nice building actually pops up somewhere. I’m totally surprised, because being an architect today is the worst thing you can possibly imagine to be...."
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