Michael Arad

I built a series of supporters that had my back. I never abused that trust. You can't cry wolf. You have to solve most problems yourself. ↗

— Michael Arad

#built #cry #had #i #most

For two years nobody talked about anything other than the name arrangement. There was no fund-raising and no progress being made on construction and design. ↗

— Michael Arad

#anything #arrangement #being #construction #design

How do you design it so that people can form a space of their own, and feel quiet and contemplative? ↗

— Michael Arad

#design #feel #form #how #own

I had a dual role: designer and advocate. ↗

— Michael Arad

#designer #dual #had #i #role

I have no choice but to fight them every step of the way. I can't tell you how many other stupid ideas have been proposed over the last two years. ↗

— Michael Arad

#choice #every #every step #fight #how

I think my desire to imagine a future for this site came out of trying to come to terms with the emotions that day aroused. ↗

— Michael Arad

#came #come #day #desire #emotions

I'm a little more measured. That sense of urgency I thought accompanied things - it can take a little longer. You have to take the long view. ↗

— Michael Arad

#i #little #long #longer #measured

It was really a magical moment, to see this idea that's in your head. ↗

— Michael Arad

#idea #magical #moment #really #see

New York was a place I wanted to live and work all along. If I wasn't going to live in Israel, I had to live in New York. ↗

— Michael Arad

#going #had #i #israel #live

No rendering can really simulate the way the light bounces off the bronze panel. From some angles, it's almost a mirror, and from others it's a matte surface. ↗

— Michael Arad

#angles #bronze #light #mirror #off