Si monumentum requiris circumspice (If you seek his…

When I am asked what I believe in, I say that I believe in architecture. Architecture is the mother of the arts. I like…

— Richard Meier

Some architects have a preconceived notion of what a building should be

— Curtis W. Fentress

Whether that's speaking up in your job or asking for a promotion or saying, 'I think I can do that.' Using your voice in…

— Maria Shriver

When it comes to getting things done, we need fewer architects and more bricklayers.

— Anonymous

Architects mostly work for privileged people, people who have money and power, Power and money are invisible, so people hire us to visualize their…

— Shigeru Ban

I was the chairman of the Budget Committee and the lead architect the last time it happened in Washington, and when we did it…

— John Kasich

The architect is very interesting because the architect is the commander, meaning the one who commands all the workers. The architect is also the…

— Santiago Calatrava

The pursuit of peace resembles the building of a great cathedral. It is the work of a generation. In concept it requires a mater-architect;…

— Hubert H. Humphrey

Yes, Garnett Grey was an Architect. Were a psychoanalyst to approach him from behind, tap his shoulder, and say 'Humanity,' Garrett'd spin and respond,…

— Chip Kidd

The challenge of today's generation of architects is the environment.

— Carol Ross Barney

I stand on this rostrum with a sense of deep humility and great pride - humility in the weight of those great American architects…

— Douglas MacArthur

Architects in the past have tended to concentrate their attention on the building as a static object. I believe dynamics are more important: the…

— Anonymous

I was the chairman of the House Budget Committee and one of the chief architects the last time we balanced a budget, and it…

— John Kasich

No matter what an architect may be at home, he becomes a monumentalist when he comes to Washington.

— Ada Louise Huxtable

As an architect you design for the present, with an awareness of the past, for a future which is essentially unknown.

— Norman Foster