“One of my greatest influences is the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini.” ArtistInfluenceItalianBernini Author:Frank Gehry
“In the Renaissance there wasn't a distinction. Bernini was an artist and he made architecture, and Michelangelo also did some great architecture.” MadeArtistArchitectureDistinctionRenaissanceBernini Author:Frank Gehry
“For me [ Giovanni Lorenzo ] Bernini, [Francesco ] Borromini, and [Donato] Bramante have been as significant as Alvar Aalto, Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier, and Louis Kahn. I still marvel at their works, which have a quality and a timelessness that I seek to have in our projects.” Has BeensStillsQualityProjectsSignificantFrankTimelessnessBernini Author:Richard Meier
“[Pope] Francis communicates the pastoral embrace of the Church, the breadth and inclusiveness of Catholicism symbolized by the Bernini colonnade around St. Peter's Square, in a powerful way.” WayPastChurchPowerfulEmbraceCommunicateCatholicismSquaresPeterPopeBreadthInclusivenessSt PeterBernini Author:George Weigel
“We are all affected by Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright, Alvar Aalto, and Mies van der Rohe. But no less than Bramante, Borromini, and Bernini. Architecture is a tradition, a long continuum. Whether we break with tradition or enhance it, we are still connected to that past. We evolve.” LongStillsPastBreakTraditionConnectedArchitectureEvolveAffectedFrankVansContinuumBerniniMies Van Der Rohe Author:Richard Meier