Architecture Quotes

1029 Architecture quotes by 506 unique authors

The fundamental belief in the authenticity of photographs explains why photographs of people no longer living and of vanished architecture are so melancholy. — Beaumont Newhall
Timothy O'Sullivan was, it seems to me, the greatest of the photographers because he understood nature first as architecture. — Robert Adams
I would like my architecture to inspire people to use their own resources, to move into the future. — Tadao Ando
Each new situation requires a new architecture. — Jean Nouvel
The architecture we remember is that which never consoles or comforts us. — Peter Eisenman
If a building becomes architecture, then it is art. — Arne Jacobsen
I am trying to counter the fixity of architectures, their stolidity, with elements that give an ineffable immaterial quality. — Toyo Ito
Architecture is not about space but about time. — Vito Acconci
When I am asked what I believe in, I say that I believe in architecture. Architecture is the mother of the arts. I like to… — Richard Meier
Hell is out of fashion - institutional hells at any rate. The populated infernos of the 20th century are more private affairs, the gaps between… — J. G. Ballard
The quality of American life is an insult to the possibilities of human growth... the pollution of American space, with gadgetry and cars and TV… — Susan Sontag
Of all the lessons most relevant to architecture today, Japanese flexibility is the greatest. — Stephen Gardiner
Art is a jealous mistress; and if a man have a genius for painting, poetry, music, architecture or philosophy, he makes a bad husband and… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
In music I do not look for logic. I am quite intuitive on the whole and know no theories. I never like a work if… — Albert Einstein
The strategic agreement with Rockchip is an example of Intel’s commitment to take pragmatic and different approaches to grow our presence in the global mobile… — Unknown Author
Architecture and architectural freedom are above all a social issue that must be seen from inside a political structure, not from outside it, — Unknown Author
The Fire Department has traditionally considered architecture a priority only when it’s burning down. — Justin Davidson
I cannot pursue my architecture without considering the minimization of energy consumption, simple and direct technologies, a respect for site, climate, place and culture. Together,… — Glenn Murcutt
Architecture is not created, it is discovered – the hand will find solutions before the mind can even comprehend them. — Glenn Murcutt
The same way that mid century modern architecture was in the 50s, I want to be as a human being. New. Different. Challenging the old.… — Jamie Lee Curtis
Charleston has something for everyone, rain or shine. Its architecture is unparalleled. Carriage rides are great for seeing the city and hearing the history behind… — Thomas Gibson
I fell in love with it. Walking around just feels so cinematic. I find the aris- tocratic parts of London so unattractive and angular; the… — Imogen Poots
I take a lot from everywhere. I take from music, architecture, novels, and plays. Anywhere that hits you. — Alex Winter
Architecture is a hazardous mixture of omnipotence and impotence. It is by definition a c h a o t i c a d v e… — Rem Koolhaas
Manhattanism is the one urbanistic ideology that has fed, from its conception, on the splendors and miseries of the metropolitan condition—hyper-density—without once losing faith in… — Rem Koolhaas

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