Michael Arad Quotes

I will do my best to rise to the enormity of the task at hand. It is with great humility that I regard the challenges that lie ahead -- and it is with great hope that I will find the strength and ability to meet them. - Michael Arad

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

I pushed the process forward by saying, 'We should do this, this, and this right now. Please find the budget for me to find a structural engineer, a mechanical engineer, a civil engineer, so we can do the preliminary work.' - Michael Arad

I hope for the experience of people standing together, turning their backs to the city and facing this, and hearing the leaves rustle. Well, maybe it won't be as bucolic as at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, but I know you will feel removed from the city. - Michael Arad

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

I had a dual role: designer and advocate. - 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

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

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