Architect Quote by Alain de Botton

Space, space: architects always talk about space! But creating a space is not automatically doing architecture. With the same space, you can make a…

— Jean Nouvel

Architects have made architecture too complex. We need to simplify it and use a language that everyone can understand.

— Toyo Ito

Often, architects work too hard trying to make their buildings look different. It's like we're actors let loose on a stage, all speaking our…

— David Chipperfield

I think of architecture as language, and I look within the intra-communication between architects.

— Jimenez Lai

“Architects have to know everything there is to know about a space. You have to know its past and present. That way you can…

— Kyung-sook Shin

The first gesture of an architect is to draw a perimeter; in other words, to separate the microclimate from the macro space outside. This…

— Mario Botta

Architecture is the thoughtful making of space

— Louis Kahn

An architect must remember that the people working or living in his building need space - to dream, to be quiet, to find beauty…

— Christian de Portzamparc

Architecture is not about space but about time.

— Vito Acconci

Architects create spaces that accommodate human activity.

— Magnus Larsson

“Architects are 'dismissive' of the people who turn their designs into building. And indecisive clients who have read too many design magazines all end…

— Ole Thorstensen

One of the reasons why architects are often attracted to philosophers, partially, has to do with making sense of the world around us as…

— Jimenez Lai