Architecture Quote by Arthur Erickson

If a building becomes architecture, then it is art.

— Arne Jacobsen

Architecture is art, nothing else.

— Philip Johnson

I believe that architecture is a pragmatic art. To become art it must be built on a foundation of necessity.

— I. M. Pei

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

— Thom Mayne

I don't think architecture should be considered as an art form in the first instance. Whenever I say that, it makes people really angry.…

— James Polshek

Architecture is a small piece of this human equation, but for those of us who practice it, we believe in its potential to make…

— Frank Gehry

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

Profit and bottom line, the contemporary mantra, eliminates the very source of architectural expression.

— Arthur Erickson

Architecture is the triumph of human imagination over materials, methods, and men, to put man into possession of his own Earth. It is at…

— Frank Lloyd Wright

Architecture is a visual art, and the buildings speak for themselves.

— Julia Morgan

Architecture arouses sentiments in man. The architect's task therefore, is to make those sentiments more precise.

— Adolf Loos

Architecture is to make us know and remember who we are.

— Geoffrey Jellicoe