Structure is something that calms our nature; we know this of toddlers. — Krista Tippett Copy Share Image
There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds. — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“The only direction not represented in their construction was vertical.” — Lee Battersby Copy Share Image
“Key Idea for Qualitative Dynamics: Structure Impacts Behavior Through Time” — Rich Jolly Copy Share Image
Architecture is the will of the age conceived in spatial terms. — Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Copy Share Image
The Greek temple is the creation, par excellence, of mind and spirit in equilibrium. — Edith Hamilton Copy Share Image
I did a comparison of a school of architects known as the New York Five. I compared their articulation of wall surfaces,… — Parker Stevenson Copy Share Image
Half of architecture students are women, and you see respected, established female architects all the time. — Zaha Hadid Copy Share Image
The way we do our architecture is to show that we can come up with our own solutions. We don't just take… — Ma Yansong Copy Share Image
What I have found is that even when you try to transform existing structures they are so powerful they often overwhelm, seduce,… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
Architecture never derived its force from stability of culture, but rather from the expression of those moments when that sense of stability… — Mark Wigley Copy Share Image
It is the rare architect who does not hope in his heart to design a great building and for whom the quest… — Ada Louise Huxtable Copy Share Image
Some of my best friends are architects. And they definitely do have ears. But I think sometimes they don't use them when… — Julian Treasure Copy Share Image
As architects we are often involved in the concrete-steel-and-glass aspect of it, but cities are social structures, and to be involved in… — Michael Arad Copy Share Image
“The Talmud states, "Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world's grief. Do justly now, love mercy now, walk humbly… — Bridges McCall Copy Share Image
I used to love to draw. I didn't want to go to art class because I felt that would be too corny… — Ice Cube Copy Share Image
The idealism [in architecture] is in the formal arrangement, the relationship to the city, the use of materials that are available to… — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
I think people care. If not, why do so many people spend money going on vacations to see architecture? They go to… — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
“Principles of design: 1. Use both knowledge in the world and knowledge in the head. 2. Simplify the structure of tasks. 3.… — Donald A. Norman Copy Share Image
Later works are better because it takes a lot of time in architecture to mature. And, it takes a lot of discipline… — Santiago Calatrava Copy Share Image
“One could not learn history from architecture any more than one could learn it from books. Statues, inscriptions, memorial stones, the names… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Walkers are 'practitioners of the city,' for the city is made to be walked. A city is a language, a repository of… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
From Man or Angel the great Architect Did wisely to conceal, and not divulge, His secrets, to be scanned by them who… — John Milton Copy Share Image
With vocal and choral music, first and foremost, it's the text. Not only do I need to serve the text, but the… — Eric Whitacre Copy Share Image
“Architecture forms a vital link between people and their surroundings. It acts as a gentle buffer between the fragility of human existence… — Kengo Kuma Copy Share Image
“Nathaniel Willis, having spent his first week walking the city in drizzling rain, said that when the sun burst forth at last… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
“And now we come to the Heart of our Designe: the art of Shaddowes you must know well, Walter, and you must… — Peter Ackroyd Copy Share Image
Architecture, either practically considered or viewed as an art of taste, is a subject so important and comprehensive in itself, that volumes… — Andrew Jackson Downing Copy Share Image
“We are sometimes astounded by the behavior of emotional outlaws, as they act in line with their own standards, but proceed like… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
The human backside is a dimension architects seem to have forgotten. — William H. Whyte Copy Share Image
People ask me if I'm an artist or an architect. But I think they're the same. — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
I haven't really got a green thumb, but I love gardens and their architecture. — Hubert de Givenchy Copy Share Image
To the landscape architect a rock garden... appears... the work of a lunatic. — Louise Wilder Copy Share Image
There are many, many things in my work that need redoing - never the structure. — Peter Morgan Copy Share Image
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