Architecture Quotes

1029 Architecture quotes by 506 unique authors

Artists don't make objects. Artists make mythologies. — Anish Kapoor
When that shutter clicks, anything else that can be done afterward is not worth consideration. — Edward Steichen
Art is subject to arbitrary fashion. — Kary Mullis
When I make art, I think about its ability to connect with others, to bring them into the process. — Jim Hodges
Art in Nature is rhythmic and has a horror of constraint. — Robert Delaunay
Light in Nature creates the movement of colors. — Robert Delaunay
I think of my peace paintings as one long poem, with each painting being a single stanza. — Robert Indiana
I was the least Pop of all the Pop artists. — Robert Indiana
I like to pretend that my art has nothing to do with me. — Roy Lichtenstein
Good design is not about form following function. It is function with cultural content. By adding "cultural content" to the concept of "form follows function,"… — Carl Magnusson
Architecture arises out of our need to shelter the human animal in a spatial environment and to enclose the social animal in a group space.… — Unknown Author
The hand expresses what the heart already knows. — Samuel Mockbee
A building is not just a place to be but a way to be. — Frank Lloyd Wright
Architecture, like dress, is an exercise in good manners, and good manners involve the habit of skillful insincerity - the habit of saying "good morning"… — Roger Scruton
The practice of architecture is the most delightful of all pursuits. Also, next to agriculture, it is the most necessary to man. One must eat,… — Philip Johnson
The meaning resides in one's own experience, making the everyday the exceptional. — Samuel Mockbee
No architecture can be truly noble which is not imperfect. — John Ruskin
There will never be great architects or great architecture without great patrons. — Edwin Lutyens
I think buildings should imitate ecological systems. — Unknown Author
You can put down a bad book; you can avoid listening to bad music; but you cannot miss the ugly tower block opposite your house. — Renzo Piano
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
If an architect's ego is very small, he is done for it; if it is vast then he might make some very important contributions. — Paolo Soleri
When an architect is asked what his best building is, he usually answers, "The next one." — Emilio Ambasz
In a strange way, architecture is really an unfinished thing, because even though the building is finished, it takes on a new life. It becomes… — Daniel Libeskind

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