--- title: "19 Building Quotes By Martin Filler" description: "19 Building quotes by Martin Filler. Plus more from Martin Filler and more Building sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddc/martin-filler-11342_architecture_one-of-the-most-persistent-yet-elusive-d_1817067.png" --- > [One of the most persistent yet elusive dreams of the Modern Movement in architecture has been prefabrication: industrially made structures that can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-filler/one-of-the-most-persistent-yet-elusive-dreams-of-the-modern-movement/) [Martin Filler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-filler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddc/martin-filler-11342_architecture_one-of-the-most-persistent-yet-elusive-d_1817067.png) > [The Frankfurt Museum of Decorative Arts is a handsome building, which takes its cues from the riverside Biedermeier villa next to it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-filler/the-frankfurt-museum-of-decorative-arts-is-a-handsome-building-which/) [Martin Filler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-filler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/538/martin-filler-11342_arts_the-frankfurt-museum-of-decorative-arts_123034.png) > [High among the unpredictable variables that endanger the survival of worthy buildings are the vagaries of taste.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-filler/high-among-the-unpredictable-variables-that-endanger-the-survival-of/) [Martin Filler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-filler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44f/martin-filler-11342_building_high-among-the-unpredictable-variables-t_1813710.png) > [Despite the persistent image of the architect as a heroic loner erecting monumental edifices through sheer force of will, the building art…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-filler/despite-the-persistent-image-of-the-architect-as-a-heroic-loner/) [Martin Filler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-filler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/391/martin-filler-11342_architect_despite-the-persistent-image-of-the-arch_2008672.png) > [There can be little question that the tall building presents one of the most difficult challenges to the architect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-filler/there-can-be-little-question-that-the-tall-building-presents-one-of/) [Martin Filler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-filler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/97d/martin-filler-11342_architect_there-can-be-little-question-that-the-ta_798076.png) > [One of the stated goals of the postmodern movement in architecture was a greater sensitivity to the people who live in or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-filler/one-of-the-stated-goals-of-the-postmodern-movement-in-architecture/) [Martin Filler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-filler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e3/martin-filler-11342_architecture_one-of-the-stated-goals-of-the-postmoder_2797133.jpg) > [All architecture, classical or not, must have some sense of order, and order is much harder to achieve without the straight lines…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-filler/all-architecture-classical-or-not-must-have-some-sense-of-order-and/) [Martin Filler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-filler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6b/martin-filler-11342_achieve_all-architecture-classical-or-not-must-h_2865482.png) > [The work that launched Snohetta into the architectural big leagues was their Oslo Opera House, which will certainly rank among the firm's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-filler/the-work-that-launched-snohetta-into-the-architectural-big-leagues/) [Martin Filler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-filler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a4/martin-filler-11342_bigs_the-work-that-launched-snohetta-into-the_748329.png) > [Cost overruns are not uncommon in architecture, particularly for designs that depart from structural or technological norms, or demand a finer quality…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-filler/cost-overruns-are-not-uncommon-in-architecture-particularly-for/) [Martin Filler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-filler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c09/martin-filler-11342_architect_cost-overruns-are-not-uncommon-in-archit_946906.png) > [The skyscraper style first advocated by Louis Sullivan - a tower of strongly vertical character with clear definitions among base, shaft, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-filler/the-skyscraper-style-first-advocated-by-louis-sullivan-a-tower-of/) [Martin Filler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-filler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/976/martin-filler-11342_building_the-skyscraper-style-first-advocated-by_2587851.png) > [Nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century exponents of prefabrication were certain it would supplant age-old traditions of individualized design and handcrafted construction. The building art…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-filler/nineteenth-and-early-twentieth-century-exponents-of-prefabrication/) [Martin Filler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-filler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/123/martin-filler-11342_affordable_nineteenth-and-early-twentieth-century-e_3047594.jpg) > [The tall building, concentrating man in one place more densely than ever before, similarly concentrates the dilemma of our public architecture at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-filler/the-tall-building-concentrating-man-in-one-place-more-densely-than/) [Martin Filler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-filler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d4/martin-filler-11342_architect_the-tall-building-concentrating-man-in-o_1950030.jpg) > [The financial benefits of prefabrication have never been as large as its advocates predicted, for although some labor costs can be reduced…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-filler/the-financial-benefits-of-prefabrication-have-never-been-as-large-as/) [Martin Filler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-filler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/082/martin-filler-11342_assembly_the-financial-benefits-of-prefabrication_2945618.png) > [During the nineteenth century, the rapid emergence and proliferation of new manufacturing methods and building technologies led to the establishment of polytechnic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-filler/during-the-nineteenth-century-the-rapid-emergence-and-proliferation/) [Martin Filler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-filler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bdc/martin-filler-11342_adherence_during-the-nineteenth-century-the-rapid_2687021.png) > [Although there are countless tangents that a career in the building arts can take, it is nonetheless most unusual for a major…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-filler/although-there-are-countless-tangents-that-a-career-in-the-building/) [Martin Filler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-filler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/046/martin-filler-11342_age_although-there-are-countless-tangents-th_2891712.png) > [The magnificent lobby of the Chrysler Building - faced with rare marbles, aglitter with decorative metalwork, and surmounted by a ceiling painted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-filler/the-magnificent-lobby-of-the-chrysler-building-faced-with-rare/) [Martin Filler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-filler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb6/martin-filler-11342_building_the-magnificent-lobby-of-the-chrysler-bu_876386.jpg) > [By 1970, the first stirrings of the revolt against Modernist orthodoxy in architecture had been felt, although it would be several years…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-filler/by-1970-the-first-stirrings-of-the-revolt-against-modernist-orthodoxy/) [Martin Filler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-filler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdb/martin-filler-11342_accepted_by-1970-the-first-stirrings-of-the-revol_2136174.jpg) > [A turning point in the public's perception of the building art came with the publication of Frank Lloyd Wright's 'An Autobiography' of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-filler/a-turning-point-in-the-public-s-perception-of-the-building-art-came/) [Martin Filler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-filler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca1/martin-filler-11342_architect_a-turning-point-in-the-public-s-percepti_1722296.jpg) > [Experimental architecture by its very nature is more prone to the depredations of time and natural elements than buildings made from conventional…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-filler/experimental-architecture-by-its-very-nature-is-more-prone-to-the/) [Martin Filler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-filler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/964/martin-filler-11342_architect_experimental-architecture-by-its-very-na_2063304.png) ## Other authors on Building ## More by Martin Filler > [Elevated locations imply elevated purposes, even in American cities departing as radically as Los Angeles does from the traditional planning patterns of the Eastern…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-filler/elevated-locations-imply-elevated-purposes-even-in-american-cities/) [Martin Filler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-filler/) > [Architecture is not a profession for the faint-hearted, the weak-willed, or the short-lived.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-filler/architecture-is-not-a-profession-for-the-faint-hearted-the-weak/) [Martin Filler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-filler/) > [The danger for any artist whose work is both recognizable and critically acclaimed is complacent repetition - the temptation to churn out easily identifiable,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-filler/the-danger-for-any-artist-whose-work-is-both-recognizable-and/) [Martin Filler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-filler/) > [Architectural kitsch is most common in the commercial pop vernacular - typified by the Big Duck of 1931 in Flanders, New York, a Long…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-filler/architectural-kitsch-is-most-common-in-the-commercial-pop-vernacular/) [Martin Filler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-filler/) > [The Frankfurt Museum of Decorative Arts is a handsome building, which takes its cues from the riverside Biedermeier villa next to it, and it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-filler/the-frankfurt-museum-of-decorative-arts-is-a-handsome-building-which/) [Martin Filler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-filler/) > [The most basic task of any museum must be the protection of works of cultural significance entrusted to its care for the edification and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-filler/the-most-basic-task-of-any-museum-must-be-the-protection-of-works-of/) [Martin Filler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-filler/) > [Postmodernism came nowhere close in quality to Modernism at its apogee, not least because that later style wholly lacked the social impetus that animated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-filler/postmodernism-came-nowhere-close-in-quality-to-modernism-at-its/) [Martin Filler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-filler/) > [One reason I've never been a fan of graphic novels is because a central aspect of literature for me has always been imagining what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-filler/one-reason-i-ve-never-been-a-fan-of-graphic-novels-is-because-a/) [Martin Filler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-filler/) > [The truth be told, the World Trade Center was neither a very good work of architecture nor a very successful piece of urbanism. Its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-filler/the-truth-be-told-the-world-trade-center-was-neither-a-very-good-work/) [Martin Filler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-filler/) > [During the modern period, the vanguard architect has usually relied on small residential jobs both to supply a steady income and to serve as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-filler/during-the-modern-period-the-vanguard-architect-has-usually-relied-on/) [Martin Filler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-filler/) > [We take from the art of the past what we need. The variable posthumous reputations of even the greatest artists and the unpredictable revivals…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-filler/we-take-from-the-art-of-the-past-what-we-need-the-variable-posthumous/) [Martin Filler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-filler/) > [Masterpieces of art possess immense potential to advance a worldview that could help assuage the societal terrors posed by globalization, the most thoroughgoing socioeconomic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-filler/masterpieces-of-art-possess-immense-potential-to-advance-a-worldview/) [Martin Filler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-filler/) > [The work that launched Snohetta into the architectural big leagues was their Oslo Opera House, which will certainly rank among the firm's highlights whatever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-filler/the-work-that-launched-snohetta-into-the-architectural-big-leagues/) [Martin Filler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-filler/) > [There can be little question that the tall building presents one of the most difficult challenges to the architect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-filler/there-can-be-little-question-that-the-tall-building-presents-one-of/) [Martin Filler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-filler/) > [The first half of the 1960s was the apogee of what might be termed the Age of Cool - as defined by that quality…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-filler/the-first-half-of-the-1960s-was-the-apogee-of-what-might-be-termed/) [Martin Filler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-filler/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/building/martin-filler/#itemlist", "name": "19 Building Quotes By Martin Filler", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "One of the most persistent yet elusive dreams of the Modern Movement in architecture has 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