Architect Quote by Cameron Sinclair

An architect is not an artist but an optimistic realist.

— Cameron Sinclair

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

— Thom Mayne

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 has to be greater than just architecture. It has to address social values, as well as technical and aesthetic values. On top of…

— Samuel Mockbee

An architect is given a program, budget, place, and schedule. Sometimes the end product rises to art - or at least people call it…

— Frank Gehry

The ultimate goal of the architect...is to create a paradise. Every house, every product of architecture... should be a fruit of our endeavour to…

— Alvar Aalto

If, early on, you know how things are put together, then you can build. The architect is in charge of making - he is…

— Peter Zumthor

The responsibility of an architect is to create a sense of order, a sense of place, a sense of relationship.

— Richard Meier

“An architect is a generalist, not a specialist-the conductor of a symphony, not a virtuoso who plays every instrument perfectly. As a practitioner, an…

— Matthew Frederick

Architects, if they are really to be comprehensive, must assume the enormous task of thinking in terms always disciplined to the scale of the…

— Anonymous

I am obsessed with architecture. It is true, I am restless, trying to find myself as an architect and how best to contribute in…

— Frank Gehry

To become an Architect in the right sense of the word means that a man shall give his life to it and nothing else,…

— Cass Gilbert