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> [ The thing about architecture is that it's an art \[you\] simply learn more by doing more. It's one of those things that is really not an art about thinking, but doing. So in a way, what it has done is… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-adjaye/the-thing-about-architecture-is-that-it-s-an-art-you-simply-learn/)

[David Adjaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-adjaye/)

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## Other authors on Architecture Art

## More by David Adjaye

> [The museum in D.C. is really a narrative museum - the nature of a people and how you represent that story. Whereas the Studio…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-adjaye/the-museum-in-d-c-is-really-a-narrative-museum-the-nature-of-a-people/)

[David Adjaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-adjaye/)

> [What I resist is techniques. I find techniques very problematic. So when critics talk about my work in those terms, I find that they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-adjaye/what-i-resist-is-techniques-i-find-techniques-very-problematic-so/)

[David Adjaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-adjaye/)

> [ The houses \[my first project in London\] were reactions to the condition of the city and my frustrations with the norms that were being… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-adjaye/the-houses-my-first-project-in-london-were-reactions-to-the-condition/)

[David Adjaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-adjaye/)

> [For me, architecture is a social act.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-adjaye/for-me-architecture-is-a-social-act/)

[David Adjaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-adjaye/)

> [Context is so important, not to mimic but to become part of the place. I wanted a building that acknowledges its surroundings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-adjaye/context-is-so-important-not-to-mimic-but-to-become-part-of-the-place/)

[David Adjaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-adjaye/)

> [I got into architecture because I was searching for a way to produce in the world. I went to art school and thought I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-adjaye/i-got-into-architecture-because-i-was-searching-for-a-way-to-produce/)

[David Adjaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-adjaye/)

> [Africa is an extraordinary opportunity at the moment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-adjaye/africa-is-an-extraordinary-opportunity-at-the-moment/)

[David Adjaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-adjaye/)

> [ The thing about architecture is that it's an art \[you\] simply learn more by doing more. It's one of those things that is really… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-adjaye/the-thing-about-architecture-is-that-it-s-an-art-you-simply-learn/)

[David Adjaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-adjaye/)

> [If you just live in New York and you only know New York, you know a certain kind of condition of formality and informality.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-adjaye/if-you-just-live-in-new-york-and-you-only-know-new-york-you-know-a/)

[David Adjaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-adjaye/)

> [In a way, going to Africa allowed me to see possibilities that sometimes seem impossible in certain conditions. It also allowed me to see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-adjaye/in-a-way-going-to-africa-allowed-me-to-see-possibilities-that/)

[David Adjaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-adjaye/)

> [In some conditions, the architecture of textile is more relevant than in other conditions or the opacity of the material form. Pattern in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-adjaye/in-some-conditions-the-architecture-of-textile-is-more-relevant-than/)

[David Adjaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-adjaye/)

> [The first 10 years, I was just building just to understand what I was doing and I didn't trust my intuition to just produce.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-adjaye/the-first-10-years-i-was-just-building-just-to-understand-what-i-was/)

[David Adjaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-adjaye/)

> [In a way, I feel I have enough tools and knowledge now that when I build it has a very specific agency that's very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-adjaye/in-a-way-i-feel-i-have-enough-tools-and-knowledge-now-that-when-i/)

[David Adjaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-adjaye/)

> [Buildings for me represent opportunities of agency, transformation, and storytelling. They are not just artifacts. There is this big tradition of buildings-as-artifacts - constructed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-adjaye/buildings-for-me-represent-opportunities-of-agency-transformation-and/)

[David Adjaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-adjaye/)

> [I'm totally into architecture for all strata of society. High design should not just be for rich people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-adjaye/i-m-totally-into-architecture-for-all-strata-of-society-high-design/)

[David Adjaye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-adjaye/)

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