Architecture Quotes

1029 Architecture quotes by 506 unique authors

It is the task of the architect to give life a gentler structure. — Alvar Aalto
Architecture is not merely national but clearly has local ties in that it is rooted in the earth. — Alvar Aalto
Just as it takes time for a speck of fish spawn to develop into a fully grown fish, so, too, we need time for everything… — Alvar Aalto
Architecture in general is frozen music. — Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling
Living in cities is an art, and we need the vocabulary of art, of style, to describe the peculiar relationship between man and material that… — Jonathan Raban
Any work of architecture that has with it some discussion, some polemic, I think is good. It shows that people are interested, people are involved. — Richard Meier
I'm often called an old-fashioned modernist. But the modernists had the absurd idea that architecture could heal the world. That's impossible. And today nobody expects… — Thom Mayne
The aesthetic of architecture has to be rooted in a broader idea about human activities like walking, relaxing and communicating. Architecture thinks about how these… — Thom Mayne
You can just drift unhappily towards this vision of heaven on earth, and ultimately that is what architecture is a vision of: Heaven on earth,… — Ben Nicholson
I've never owned an Apple product. I like the fact that PCs are open architecture and not locked down like Apple products. I feel that… — Oren Peli
New Orleans is unlike any city in America. Its cultural diversity is woven into the food, the music, the architecture - even the local superstitions.… — Ruta Sepetys
In martial arts one of the first things that you learn is to be balanced. Balance is the central principle in architecture and design. Balance… — Frederick Lenz
Painting, sculpture and architecture are finished, but the art habit continues. — Robert Smithson
I'd like to do a lot of things - whether in design or architecture or business. — Caroline Wozniacki
If you examine this, I think that you will find that it's the mechanics of Japanese architecture that have been thought of as the direct… — Minoru Yamasaki
So what we have tried to do in our later buildings is to try to be completely consistent, as a painter is consistent or as… — Minoru Yamasaki
Japanese architecture is very much copied in this country and in Europe. — Minoru Yamasaki
In art or architecture your project is only done when you say it's done. If you want to rip it apart at the eleventh hour… — Maya Lin
I quit college. I was studying architecture for about a year. — Barry Mann
Architecture was, or is, a kind of hobby, an inclination I have to fiddling around and building things. Putting up shelves or cupboards, or making… — Gerhard Richter
Architecture trumps licensing any time. — Tim O'Reilly
What has happened to architecture since the second world war that the only passers-by who can contemplate it without pain are those equipped with a… — Bernard Levin
Concrete you can mold, you can press it into - after all, you haven't any straight lines in your body. Why should we have straight… — Philip Johnson
Architecture is petrified music. — Felix Schelling
Chicago is known for good steaks, expensive stores and beautiful architecture. Unfortunately, the Windy City also enjoys a reputation for corrupt politics, violent crime, and… — Bob Barr

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