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> [To me it was fascinating, the idea of going to university and studying a subject - architecture - that I had already faced in building some small houses.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-botta/to-me-it-was-fascinating-the-idea-of-going-to-university-and-studying/)

[Mario Botta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-botta/)

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## More by Mario Botta

> [To me it was fascinating, the idea of going to university and studying a subject - architecture - that I had already faced in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-botta/to-me-it-was-fascinating-the-idea-of-going-to-university-and-studying/)

[Mario Botta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-botta/)

> [Buildings in modern cities have lost their metaphoric aspect. Much contemporary architecture is very fragmented and busy on the outside. It's like a skin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-botta/buildings-in-modern-cities-have-lost-their-metaphoric-aspect-much/)

[Mario Botta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-botta/)

> [I wanted to design a museum in which everything would seem clear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-botta/i-wanted-to-design-a-museum-in-which-everything-would-seem-clear/)

[Mario Botta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-botta/)

> [The architect aspires to build in a city as the artist aspires to exhibit his works in a museum.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-botta/the-architect-aspires-to-build-in-a-city-as-the-artist-aspires-to/)

[Mario Botta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-botta/)

> [It was very useful to learn the history, the theory, and the art of building from a practical background.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-botta/it-was-very-useful-to-learn-the-history-the-theory-and-the-art-of/)

[Mario Botta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-botta/)

> [There is great mystery in a church. For me, there is a great privilege to be confronted with the design of a church because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-botta/there-is-great-mystery-in-a-church-for-me-there-is-a-great-privilege/)

[Mario Botta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-botta/)

> [Church architecture describes visually the idea of the sacred, which is a fundamental need of man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-botta/church-architecture-describes-visually-the-idea-of-the-sacred-which/)

[Mario Botta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-botta/)

> [Architecture is the constant fight between man and nature, the fight to overwhelm nature, to possess it. The first act of architecture is to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-botta/architecture-is-the-constant-fight-between-man-and-nature-the-fight/)

[Mario Botta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-botta/)

> [Great architecture of the past was always clear. SFMOMA is still a simple building to understand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-botta/great-architecture-of-the-past-was-always-clear-sfmoma-is-still-a/)

[Mario Botta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-botta/)

> [For me, architecture is not just creating a space to protect people but to make them dream as well.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-botta/for-me-architecture-is-not-just-creating-a-space-to-protect-people/)

[Mario Botta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-botta/)

> [There's no point in us designing synthetic laboratories that could just as well be in Dusseldorf or Helsinki. San Francisco has its light, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-botta/there-s-no-point-in-us-designing-synthetic-laboratories-that-could/)

[Mario Botta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-botta/)

> [I want to modernize the ancient. I prefer to work with materials formed naturally over thousands of years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-botta/i-want-to-modernize-the-ancient-i-prefer-to-work-with-materials/)

[Mario Botta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-botta/)

> [The architect works in the territory of memory.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-botta/the-architect-works-in-the-territory-of-memory/)

[Mario Botta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-botta/)

> [The Academy of Architecture in Mendrisio comes from afar. Our land has a millennial history of emigrations: master masons, architects, builders, decorators, plasterers, artists…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-botta/the-academy-of-architecture-in-mendrisio-comes-from-afar-our-land-has/)

[Mario Botta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-botta/)

> [Artificial light is used because you can control it better. Technically, it is more homogeneous, more delicate, and less damaging to artwork. But I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-botta/artificial-light-is-used-because-you-can-control-it-better/)

[Mario Botta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-botta/)

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