Any work of architecture that does not express serenity is…

To work in architecture you are so much involved with society, with politics, with bureaucrats. It's a very complicated process to do large projects.…

— Ai Weiwei

Home is where you hang your architect.

— Clare Boothe Luce

Very often the opinion of the clients must be disregarded in their own interest.

— John Mercer Johnson

I'm convinced that without bad design, the world would be a far less stimulating place; we would have nothing to marvel over and nothing…

— Carrie Fulton Phillips

I like ruins because what remains is not the total design, but the clarity of thought, the naked structure, the spirit of the thing.

— Tadao Ando

It is therefore indisputable that the limbs of architecture are derived from the limbs of man.

— Michelangelo

In pure architecture the smallest detail should have a meaning or serve a purpose.

— Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin

Architecture never derived its force from stability of culture, but rather from the expression of those moments when that sense of stability slipped.

— Mark Wigley

Here, then, is what I wanted to tell you of my architecture. I created it with courage and idealism, but also with an awareness…

— Oscar Niemeyer

People who build their own home tend to be very courageous. These people are curious about life. They're thinking about what it means to…

— Tom Kundig

I don't know why people hire architects and then tell them what to do.

— Frank Gehry

A designer is a planner with an aesthetic sense.

— Bruno Munari

I am simply submerged in work from five in the morning to eleven at night; almost need a few days off to escape a…

— Richard Neutra

An object should be judged by whether it has a form consistent with its use.

— Bruno Munari

Nothing in this world is more simple and more cheap than making cities that provide better for people.

— Jan Gehl