Architecture Quotes

1029 Architecture quotes by 506 unique authors

I wanted to disconnect from contemporary architecture — Rem Koolhaas
We are producing urban places which are disjointed and disconnected and not worthy of our civilisation — Moshe Safdie
I think of architecture as a piece of clothing to wrap around human beings — Toyo Ito
Architecture is not just for the moment, it is not just for the next fashion magazine — Daniel Libeskind
The criteria for architecture after the tsunami is humbleness — Kengo Kuma
The price of property in city centres is making it impossible, particularly in the big cities, for any kind of social mix to take place.… — Joseph Rykwert
The fact is that automobiles no longer have a place in the big cities of our time. — Unknown Author
Through training, practice, and a deep sense of optimism, architects see opportunities where others only see a void. This has been the driving principle behind… — Cameron Sinclair
The hardest thing in practice is finding enough time to think about design. — Unknown Author
Some architects think of clients only as sources of work and income but most good architecture is in fact the result of successful design collaboration… — Unknown Author
Tradition is a challenge to innovation.. — Unknown Author
Architecture is much more than a profession; It's a discipline. — Unknown Author
Architecture isn't just about creating new buildings, sometimes its about retuning what's already there.. — John Pawson
If the architecture is any good, a person who looks and listens will feel its good effects without noticing. — Unknown Author
I never look at the newspaper in the morning. That's the worst thing you can do with your brain. — Steven Holl
I don't believe in the word 'inspiration', you just have to do it. — Unknown Author
Architecture is an applied art, founded not on theories but on practice. — Witold Rybczynski
What surprises me most in architecture, as in other techniques, is that a project has one life in its built state but another in its… — Aldo Rossi
Architecture is about ideas in the first place. You don't get to design until you have an idea. — Lebbeus Woods
Architects are today routinely indoctrinated against the dumb box. Even advertising urges us to "think outside the box." Why? Because it is thought we all… — Lebbeus Woods
Gravity is the insidious enemy of the animate. — Lebbeus Woods
Unlike the past decades, the present moment is lacking in architectural discourse. — Lebbeus Woods
I can't honestly say where the inspiration for my work came from. I think it came from reading. It came from texts, from Nietzsche, Schopenhauer,… — Lebbeus Woods
I've always been interested, - if you look back at my work from the beginning, really - I've always been interested in the idea of… — Lebbeus Woods
Architecture and war are not incompatible. Architecture is war. War is architecture. I am at war with my time, with history, with all authority that… — Lebbeus Woods

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