Architect Quotes

479 quotes by 341 authors

Some read for style, and some for argument: one has little care about the sentiment, he observes only how it is expressed; another regards not… — Samuel Johnson
It's not my duty as an architect to look at it — Zaha Hadid
Through training, practice, and a deep sense of optimism, architects see opportunities where others only see a void. This has been the driving principle behind… — Cameron Sinclair
Some architects think of clients only as sources of work and income but most good architecture is in fact the result of successful design collaboration… — Roger K. Lewis
Architects are today routinely indoctrinated against the dumb box. Even advertising urges us to "think outside the box." Why? Because it is thought we all… — Lebbeus Woods
My affection for CinemaScope initially was my affection for the horizontal line as I learned it from having been apprenticed to an architect who was… — Nicholas Ray
A couturier must be an architect for design, a sculptor for shape, a painter for color, a musician for harmony, and a philosopher for temperance. — Cristobal Balenciaga
At about five I knew I was going to be an architect because my mother had studied architecture. I thought it was women's work. I… — Denise Scott Brown
Technology proposes itself as the architect of our intimacies. — Sherry Turkle
Life is rich, always changing, always challenging, and we architects have the task of transmitting into wood, concrete, glass and steel, of transforming human aspirations… — Arthur Erickson
The architect's role is to fight for a better world, where he can produce an architecture that serves everyone and not just a group of… — Oscar Niemeyer
If an architect makes a mistake, he grows ivy to cover it. If a doctor makes a mistake, he covers it with soil. If a… — Paul Bocuse
As architects we're trained to solve problems, but I don't really believe in architectural problems. I only believe in opportunities. — Magnus Larsson
[There are] unseen objects that await us, if we as architects begin to think about designing not the object, but a process to generate objects. — Michael Hansmeyer
You are the mental architect of your own destiny — Bob Proctor
The difference between regulated architects and unregulated designers is, unlike buildings, letterheads don't fall down and kill people. — Brian Webb
Every great architect is - necessarily - a great poet. — Frank Lloyd Wright
Through True Love, she merges with Him. She who does not know her Husband Lord, the Architect of karma, is deluded by falsehood she herself… — Guru Nanak
I cannot prevent anyone from getting angry, or mad, or frustrated. I can only hope that they'll turn that anger and frustration and madness into… — Harvey Milk
If you focus on design, you can call yourself a designer. If you focus on the implementation of your design, you can call yourself an… — Cameron Sinclair

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