If, early on, you know how things are put together, then you can build. The architect is in charge of making - he is not an artist.
Peter ZumthorPresence is like a gap in the flow of history, where all of [a] sudden it is not past and not future.
Peter ZumthorI grew up in a craftsman's home, where things were done with our own hands. I did cabinetmaking for four years and I hated it.
Peter ZumthorThe first 10 years of my professional life had only to do with running away from my father. He was a wonderful cabinet-maker, and me being the eldest son, I had to take over his shop, his profession and so on and so on. I tried to escape by going to art school and then going on to industrial design and then interior design.
Peter Zumthor