Architects Quotes

169 Architects quotes by 127 unique authors

Architects have made architecture too complex. We need to simplify it and use a language that everyone can understand. — Toyo Ito
Everyone used to want to be star architects. That's no longer the case. — Shigeru Ban
The only legitimate artists in England are the architects. — Benjamin Haydon
Pertaining to a certain order of architecture, otherwise known as Normal American. Most of the public buildings of the United States are of the Ramshackle… — Ambrose Bierce
Where do architects and designers get their ideas? The answer, of course, is mainly from other architects and designers, so is it mere casuistry to… — Nancy Banks-Smith
There is an effective strategy open to architects. Whereas doctors deal with the interior organisms of man, architects deal with the exterior organisms of man.… — R. Buckminster Fuller
And then, the Earth being small, mankind will migrate into space, and will cross the airless Saharas which separate planet from planet and sun from… — William Winwood Reade
Architects are mostly self-centered and their buildings express their ego. Â [They are] not social buildings to make it more comfortable for people - to… — Jacque Fresco
Contemporary architects tend to impose modernity on something. There is a certain concern for history but itâ€™s not very deep. I understand that time has… — I. M. Pei
Everyone, rich or poor, deserves a shelter for the soul, architects should lead in procuring social and environmental change. — Samuel Mockbee
I learn more from creative people in other disciplines than I do even from other architects because I think they have a way of looking… — Tom Kundig
The ultimate aim of education is to enable individuals to become the architects of their own education and through that process to continually reinvent themselves. — Elliot W. Eisner
In Europe, architects consider themselves artists. They think they're special when they win a competition. — Helmut Jahn
Most architects say: I want to use this type of glass, even if it's too reflective or doesn't let enough light in. However, the use… — Helmut Jahn
This was once a land where every sane person knew how to build a shelter, grow food, and entertain one another. Now we have been… — John Taylor Gatto
The human backside is a dimension architects seem to have forgotten. — William H. Whyte
I did a comparison of a school of architects known as the New York Five. I compared their articulation of wall surfaces, which I enjoyed… — Parker Stevenson
Architects and engineers are among the most fortunate of men since they build their own monuments with public consent, public approval and often public money. — Unknown Author
I pay two full-time assistants in my studio, plus consultants who are architects, engineers, and landscape architects, as well as lighting designers. — Janet Echelman
We are the true architects of our lives. Only we as individuals and individuals alone, carry within us, the inner ability to make any changes… — Robert M. Hensel

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