Architect Quotes

479 quotes by 345 authors

My dad was an architect, and he wasn't a rich guy, but in our little world in Philadelphia, he was famous. He loved to see… — Kevin Bacon
I don't divide architecture, landscape and gardening; to me they are one. — Luis Barragan
Architect. One who drafts a plan of your house, and plans a draft of your money. — Ambrose Bierce
I'm strong-willed. Architects are strong-willed. You get the best results with a strong client and a strong architect working together. — Eli Broad
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 build… — Alvar Aalto
I have an expensive hobby: buying homes, redoing them, tearing them down and building them up the way they want to be built. I want… — Sandra Bullock
Here in Barcelona, it's the architects who built the buildings that made the city iconic who are the objects of admiration - not a bunch… — Julie Burchill
Artists to my mind are the real architects of change, and not the political legislators who implement change after the fact. — William S. Burroughs
Many of the architects of the Vietnam War became near pariahs as they spent the remainder of their lives in the futile quest to explain… — Graydon Carter
We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us. — Winston Churchill
That is the way a great master carpenter feels, or an architect or composer or anyone who creates anything - people want to be appreciated… — David Amram
All those involved in the construction of an architectural design, from the architect to the builder, have an attachment to the architecture, although it's difficult… — Tadao Ando
I hope that America as a whole, and especially its architects, will become more seriously involved in producing a new architectural culture that would bring… — Tadao Ando
Nature has provided us a spectacular toolbox. The toolbox exists. An architect far better and smarter than us has given us that toolbox, and we… — Barry Schuler
What a sublime idea of the infinite might of the great Architect, the Cause of all causes, the Father of all fathers, the Ens Entium!… — August Weismann
The interesting thing is when we design and architect a server, we don't design it for Windows or Linux, we design it for both. We… — Michael Dell
Dealing with people is probably the biggest problem you face, especially if you are in business. Yes, and that is also true if you are… — Dale Carnegie
The architect represents neither a Dionysian nor an Apollinian condition: here it is the mighty act of will, the will which moves mountains, the intoxication… — Friedrich Nietzsche
I understand that, today, some developers are asking architects to design eye-catching, iconic buildings. Fortunately, I've not had that kind of client so far. — Fumihiko Maki
A profound design process eventually makes the patron, the architect, and every occasional visitor in the building a slightly better human being. — Juhani Pallasmaa

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