Architecture Quote by Arnold J. Toynbee

Angkor Was wasn't built in one day

— Voeun Tivea

The greatest products of architecture are less the works of individuals than of society; rather the offspring of a nation's effort, than the inspired…

— Victor Hugo

“When Angkorian society began, Paris and London were not much more than elaborate villages. Europe was crawling with barbarians, and here were the Khmer…

— Kim Fay

Architecture isman'sgreat sense of himself embodied in a world of his own making. It may rise as high in quality only as its source…

— Frank Lloyd Wright

Architecture exhibits the greatest extent of the difference from nature which may exist in works of art. It involves all the powers of design,…

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

“Architecture is about the understanding of the world and turning it into a more meaningful and humane place. -Juhani Pallasmaa”

— Louisa Thomsen Brits

The practice of architecture is the most delightful of all pursuits. Also, next to agriculture, it is the most necessary to man. One must…

— Philip Johnson

The building art is man's spatial dialogue with his environment and demonstrates how he asserts himself therein and how he masters it.

— Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Architecture is invention.

— Oscar Niemeyer

Architecture has always been a very idealistic profession. It's about making the world a better place and it works over the generations because people…

— Frank Gehry

Architecture is a discipline that takes time and patience. If one spends enough years writing complex novels one might be able, someday, to construct…

— Thom Mayne

Personally, one of the greatest sources of inspiration for my work has been architecture. I've had the chance to see so many exquisite structures,…

— Gauri Khan