Architecture Quote by Alain de Botton

I'm often called an old-fashioned modernist. But the modernists had the absurd idea that architecture could heal the world. That's impossible. And today nobody…

— Thom Mayne

I have approached the buildings as psychological and poetic manifestations - rather than from the more technical viewpoints of the architect and historian (which…

— Clarence John Laughlin

We try to turn buildings into landscapes - defying the idea of modernism which sees nature and buildings as two distinct elements.

— Ma Yansong

The most important thing, in order to forge one's own creative personality, is to travel, to see different environments, different cultures. I wanted to…

— Shigeru Ban

“The notion of buildings that speak helps us to place at the very centre of our architectural conundrums the question of the values we…

— Alain de Botton

Some architects have a preconceived notion of what a building should be

— Curtis W. Fentress

I think architecture could be understood as the construction of realities, or the construction of worlds. One of the reasons why architects are often…

— Jimenez Lai

“architecture is a way of life”

— Barwa

Architecture is the story of how we see ourselves. It is the architect's job to service everyday life.

— Thom Mayne

Without this spirit, Modernist architecture cannot fully exist. Since there is often a mismatch between the logic and the spirit of Modernism, I use…

— Tadao Ando

Architecture is a special kind of career that showcases the accumulations of culture, time, and history.

— Ma Yansong