Architects Quotes

169 quotes by 135 authors

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
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
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
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
Architects spend an entire life with this unreasonable idea that you can fight against gravity. — Renzo Piano
I don't know why people hire architects and then tell them what to do. — Frank Gehry
There is a danger when every building has to look spectacular; to look like it is changing the world. I don't care how a building… — David Chipperfield
I stand on this rostrum with a sense of deep humility and great pride - humility in the weight of those great American architects of… — Douglas MacArthur
The best architects feel it to be their duty to make the path to the hole as free as possible from annoying difficulties for the… — Robert Hunter
If architects want to strengthen a decrepit arch, they increase the load that is laid upon it, for thereby the parts are joined more firmly… — Viktor E. Frankl
The architects of this wickedness will find no safe harbor in this world. We will chase our enemies to the furthest corners of this Earth.… — Tom DeLay
The surroundings householders crave are glorified autobiographies ghost-written by willing architects and interior designers who, like their clients, want to show off. — T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings
When it comes to getting things done, we need fewer architects and more bricklayers. — Colleen Barrett
Whatever may be the judgement pronounced on the competency of the architects of the Constitution, or whatever may be the destiny of the edifice prepared… — James Madison
Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days of builders. — Seneca the Younger
Women are the architects of society — Cher
Currently, I am overseeing the construction of the new Trump Tower in Chicago. I am involved in meeting with the construction crews, architects and sales… — Bill Rancic

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