Architecture Quotes

1029 quotes by 538 authors

Fashion is architecture: it is a matter of proportions. — Coco Chanel
Convinced as I am and as I am from my government that the world needs a new moral architecture over all I believe that this… — Hugo Chavez
There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
All architecture is great architecture after sunset; perhaps architecture is really a nocturnal art, like the art of fireworks. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
I was planning to go into architecture. But when I arrived, architecture was filled up. Acting was right next to it, so I signed up… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us. — Winston Churchill
It is not the beauty of a building you should look at; its the construction of the foundation that will stand the test of time. — David Allan Coe
I've never really had a hobby, unless you count art, which the IRS once told me I had to declare as a hobby since I… — Laurie Anderson
I believe that the way people live can be directed a little by architecture. — Tadao Ando
My hand is the extension of the thinking process - the creative process. — Tadao Ando
When you look at Japanese traditional architecture, you have to look at Japanese culture and its relationship with nature. You can actually live in a… — Tadao Ando
Japanese architecture is traditionally based on wooden structures that need renovating on a regular basis. — Tadao Ando
Spiritual space is lost in gaining convenience. I saw the need to create a mixture of Japanese spiritual culture and modern western architecture. — Tadao Ando
All those involved in the construction of an architectural design, from the architect to the builder, have an attachment to the architecture, although it's difficult… — Tadao Ando
Italy is full of historical buildings. And Europe holds a great history of philosophy from Greece until today. I read all those books and see… — Tadao Ando
Since I am a Japanese man who's been building through the experience of Japanese architecture, my actual designs come from Japanese architectural concepts, although they're… — Tadao Ando
A structure becomes architectural, and not sculptural, when its elements no longer have their justification in nature. — Guillaume Apollinaire
The science of design, or of line-drawing, if you like to use this term, is the source and very essence of painting, sculpture, architecture... Sometimes...… — Michelangelo
Good design, like good painting, cooking, architecture or whatever you like, is a manifestation of the capacity of the human spirit to transcend its limitations. — George Nelson
Nothing can be more airy and beautiful than the transparent seed-globe-a fairy dome of splendid architecture. — Henry Ward Beecher

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