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I don't like apartments - the idea of other people living, copulating and defecating above me - they make me feel as trapped as a slice of ham in a sandwich. When I was a student in Paris, I always rented attics right at the top of buildings, and as soon as I was making enough money, I bought houses.

— Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I'm somebody who, as a child, had a lot of insecurity about stable housing, where I was going to be living, if I was going to have a roof over my head, all those types of things. And I know the impact it can have on you psychologically and emotionally.

— Jewel

I generally hate the luxury modern apartment with too many things out of sight and so clean you cannot touch.

— Jean Nouvel

I find myself for whatever reason unable to live in the apartment I renovate and have to sell.

— Moby

I'm based in London now. I'm renting an apartment, making my own little home. It's great because I am around people all the time and I need my own space to get away from it all.

— Samantha Mumba

I resist the temptation to curate my apartment.

— Thelma Golden

I lived with my mom in a really small apartment. My bedroom was like in the living room. That's why I still love to sleep on couches now.

— Alicia Keys

This is kind of a uniquely New York experience, but when you can't afford an apartment nicer than the place you're renting, there's something so inherently depressing about it.

— Robert Sean Leonard

In a building with apartments, of course, you want to make connections. Life is easier that way. There's salt if you don't have salt; you can knock at someone's door, like in any city. But you know, you can hear the others, and you want to sleep, you get annoyed.

— Juliette Binoche

✗Opposing Perspectives

If there's one thing you can say about my apartment it's that it's constantly evolving, constantly changing. I think that is the mark of a good apartment; you can never really be done - It's like a proper wardrobe.

— Lauren Santo Domingo

For me, the excitement in architecture revolves around the idea and the phenomenon of the experience of that idea. Residences offer almost immediate gratification. You can shape space, light, and materials to a degree that you sometimes can't in larger projects.

— Steven Holl