Architecture Quote by Arthur Erickson

Does an architecture to assuage the spirit have a place in all this? Unfortunately we are no longer the interpreters of our culture's myths…

— Arthur Erickson

Architecture is not a profession for the faint-hearted, the weak-willed, or the short-lived.

— Martin Filler

Architects today tend to depreciate themselves, to regard themselves as no more than just ordinary citizens without the power to reform the future.

— Kenzo Tange

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

Architecture is not an inspirational business, it's a rational procedure to do sensible and hopefully beautiful things; that's all.

— Harry Seidler

Architecture adds dimensions to my life that would be impossible to acquire if I retired. The beautiful thing about architecture is that every project…

— Cesar Pelli

The architecture profession has lost a lot of its integrity, especially in the USA. The general architect here has no scruples, no ambitions.

— Helmut Jahn

We were kind of arrogant when we started and became really humbled as we were doing architecture. It's really hard to work with budgets…

— Elizabeth Diller

Architecture must have something that appeals to the human heart. Creative work is expressed in our time as a union of technology and humanity.

— Kenzo Tange

It is the rare architect who does not hope in his heart to design a great building and for whom the quest is not…

— Ada Louise Huxtable

The difference between a good and a poor architect is that the poor architect succumbs to every temptation and the good one resists it.

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

“Architecture is not a business, not a career, but a crusade and a consecration to a joy that justifies the existence of the earth.”

— Ayn Rand