Architect Quotes
479 quotes by 345 authors
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A composer is not only an architect but also an inventor, and he should not build houses in which he cannot live.
— Igor Stravinsky
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In reality some images or drawings have a greater impact than many buildings that are built.
— Emilio Ambasz
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I would like my architecture to inspire people to use their own resources, to move into the future.
— Tadao Ando
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To create, one must first question everything.
— Eileen Gray
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Each new situation requires a new architecture.
— Jean Nouvel
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The architecture we remember is that which never consoles or comforts us.
— Peter Eisenman
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If a building becomes architecture, then it is art.
— Arne Jacobsen
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There are 360 degrees, so why stick to one?
— Zaha Hadid
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To me the drawn language is a very revealing language: one can see in a few lines whether a man is really an architect.
— Eero Saarinen
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I am trying to counter the fixity of architectures, their stolidity, with elements that give an ineffable immaterial quality.
— Toyo Ito
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We do not create the work. I believe we, in fact, are discoverers.
— Glenn Murcutt
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Architecture is not about space but about time.
— Vito Acconci
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When I am asked what I believe in, I say that I believe in architecture. Architecture is the mother of the arts. I like to…
— Richard Meier
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I love paper. A nice thick pile of it and a pencil, and I'm content.
— Cecil Balmond
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Inconsistency itself breeds vitality.
— Kenzo Tange
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Whenever I draw a circle, I immediately want to step out of it.
— R. Buckminster Fuller
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Designs of purely arbitrary nature cannot be expected to last long.
— Kenzo Tange
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Question everything generally thought to be obvious.
— Dieter Rams
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Buildings should be good neighbours.
— Paul Thiry
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The cynic is his own worst enemy. It requires far less skill to run a wrecking company than it does to be an architect.
— Uell Stanley Andersen
Who Wrote These Architect Quotes
345 authors contributed a total of 479 Architect Quotes, led by these top contributors: