A Quote by Renzo Piano

A piazza is not a plaza. The plaza is the theme park of the piazza; the plaza is the commercial version. A piazza is an empty space with no function. This is what Europeans understand.

Renzo Piano

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Space Commercial Empty Empty Space Europeans Function Park Plaza Theme Theme Park Understand Version

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Renzo Piano
Italian - Architect
Born: September 14, 1937

Of course, I believe that Mike Piazza is probably the greatest offensive catcher in the history of baseball, only got over 50%. Johnny Bench is the best catcher in the history of baseball, but Piazza has all the record for catchers as far as offensively.

Pete Rose

We need a mass cleansing, street by street, piazza by piazza, neighbourhood by neighbourhood.

Matteo Salvini

Chaoyang Park Plaza is about how to carry the traditional culture into a new format in modern architecture. Instead of building a boundary between the city and the park, I tried to design this building to emerge from the natural landscape.

Ma Yansong

I really enjoy 'The Beauty Is' from 'Light in the Piazza.'

Michael Arden

'The Light in the Piazza' is one of my top three musicals of all time.

Joshua Henry

Tourists moved over the piazza like drugged insects on a painted plate.

Shana Alexander

Rock 'n' roll... but I also like sporting events a lot. I love Mike Piazza.

Angie Everhart

Rock 'n' roll but I also like sporting events a lot. I love Mike Piazza.

Angie Everhart

Aubrey Plaza is absolutely amazing.

Jeff Baena

But professionally I've never felt as strongly about a project, with the exception of 'The Bridges of Madison County', as 'The Light in the Piazza'.

Steven Pasquale

In Ohio, I built the world's first skate plaza.

Rob Dyrdek

The first thing I did was a print ad for Century Plaza. I was five.

Mark-Paul Gosselaar

On the PBS recording of 'The Light in the Piazza' backstage, you get to see me doing some sweet lunges down the hallway of the Vivian Beaumont.

Aaron Lazar

Free countries are great, because you can actually sit in somebody else's space for a while and pretend you're a part of it. You can sit in the Plaza Hotel and you don't even have to live there. You can just sit and watch the people go by.