Architecture Quotes

1029 Architecture quotes by 506 unique authors

In the summer there are twelve cottonwoods around the pool, which in the winter become an elevated thicket. There is also a courtyard with a… — Donald Judd
Art and architecture -- all the arts -- do not have to exist in isolation, — Donald Judd
Your rainbow panorama enters into a dialogue with the existing architecture and reinforces what is assured beforehand, that is to say the view of the… — Olafur Eliasson
The slurbs, urban sprawl, and the infinite number, of housing developments of the postwar boom have contributed to the architecture of entropy. — Robert Smithson
Richard Meier told me, 'Young man, solar energy has nothing to do with architecture,' — William McDonough
The Venus Project is not about new cities or new architecture. It's about a way of thinking — Jacque Fresco
My university degree is in art and, yes, I do a lot of drawing for all my books. I have a big drafting table set… — Jude Deveraux
Doctrines provide an architecture for both Republican and Democrat presidents to carry out policies. — Malcolm Wallop
Consent of the Networked will become the seminal book firmly establishing the responsibility of those who control the architecture and the politics of the network… — Joichi Ito
Architecture begins to matter when it brings delight and sadness and perplexity and awe along with a roof over our heads. — Paul Goldberger
To build means to make architecture real on the borders of knowledge. — Frei Otto
I believe that architecture is a pragmatic art. To become art it must be built on a foundation of necessity. — I. M. Pei
It is not an individual act, architecture. You have to consider your client. Only out of that can you produce great architecture. You cannot work… — I. M. Pei
Architecture is the very mirror of life.You only have to cast your eyes on buildings to feel the presence of the past, the spirit of… — I. M. Pei
Contemporary architects tend to impose modernity on something. There is a certain concern for history but it’s not very deep. I understand that time has… — I. M. Pei
I probably spent the first 20 years of my life wanting to be as American as possible. Through my 20s, and into my 30s, I… — Maya Lin
If architecture is going to nudge, cajole, and inspire a community to challenge the status quo into making responsible changes, it will take the subversive… — Samuel Mockbee
I see the task of architecture as the defense of the authenticity of human experience — Juhani Pallasmaa
Architecture is about the understanding of the world and turning it into a more meaningful and humane place. — Juhani Pallasmaa
I love Sutton House in Clapton, a beautiful example of Tudor architecture. — Sharon Horgan
No matter how hard life is, you are your own architecture. If you give up then there’s no one that can help you, but if… — Jaejoong
The most natural beauty in the world is honesty and moral truth. For all beauty is truth. True features make the beauty of the face;… — Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
The bottom line for mathematicians is that the architecture has to be right. In all the mathematics that I did, the essential point was to… — Freeman Dyson
After about the first Millennium, Italy was the cradle of Romanesque architecture, which spread throughout Europe, much of it extending the structural daring with minimal… — Harry Seidler
After World War II great strides were made in modern Japanese architecture, not only in advanced technology, allowing earthquake resistant tall buildings, but expressing and… — Harry Seidler

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