Best Richard Rogers Quotes
- Suburban sprawl leads to social atomisation and fragmentation and is environmentally disastrous, as carbon-intensive car journeys displace local shops and replace public transport. Car
- I think we did a pretty good role, linking, being a sounding board really and a driving force, especially from the bottom up. I think… Board
- I think you could make a completely Virtual Centre, though I have a general feeling, and maybe because I am getting very old, that you… Centre
- It is quite interesting that whilst there are tremendous theories, in the 1960s when IT was born, everybody was supposedly going to their cottage in… Born
- So I think that, yes, anything that makes it more palatable and easier to understand, such as a Virtual Centre, has to be seen as… Activity
- You know, the environment is fragmenting, and the environment is, in many places, absolutely hideous! Absolutely
- I believe very strongly, and have fought since many years ago - at least over 30 years ago - to get architecture not just within… Ago
- Architecture is about public space held by buildings. Architecture
- Of course I know very little about architecture, and the older I get the less I know. Architecture
- Cities are about juxtaposition. Cities
- My mother was very family-oriented. And I do love being with my children. Children
- There is a Jewish tradition of family, too, but then not all Italian or Jewish families are close. All
- Architecture is a slow business, and city planning even slower. Architecture
- The gap between the rich and poor is widening fast. Fast
- What's wrong with sweetness and light? It's been around quite awhile. Awhile
- I'm just saying that there are high quality materials, and when we change them then there should be a way of changing them so that… Celebrate
- If I remember rightly Holland for instance has something like 45, and it's a much smaller country. In comparison we have very few and they… Badly
- If you live in a squalid environment, then of course you are going to want to get out of it, you are probably going to… Country
- There has to be policies about that, about what materials we use and so on. Materials