Architecture Quotes

1029 Architecture quotes by 506 unique authors

I don't think that architecture is only about shelter, is only about a very simple enclosure. It should be able to excite you, to calm… — Zaha Hadid
Technological considerations are of great importance to architecture and cities in the informational society. — Kenzo Tange
I first decided architecture was for me when I saw Le Corbusier's designs in a Japanese magazine in the 1930s. — Kenzo Tange
Architects today tend to depreciate themselves, to regard themselves as no more than just ordinary citizens without the power to reform the future. — Kenzo Tange
I've said goodbye to the overworked notion that architecture has to save the world. — Peter Zumthor
If you look at the Earth without architecture, its sometimes a little bit unpleasant. So there is this basic human need to do shelter in… — Peter Zumthor
There was a time when I experienced architecture without thinking about it, — Peter Zumthor
Architecture has its own realm. It has a special physical relationship with life. I do not think of it primarily as either a message or… — Peter Zumthor
Architecture is not about form — Peter Zumthor
When I start, my first idea for a building is with the material. I believe architecture is about that. It's not about paper, it's not… — Peter Zumthor
My interest has always been in an architecture which reflects the modernity of our epoch as opposed to the rethinking of historical references. My work… — Jean Nouvel
I like to play with architecture! It's my favorite game. — Jean Nouvel
I think architecture has to be a gift. — Jean Nouvel
We are all affected by Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright, Alvar Aalto, and Mies van der Rohe. But no less than Bramante, Borromini, and Bernini.… — Richard Meier
Rome has not seen a modern building in more than half a century. It is a city frozen in time. — Richard Meier
I have tried to get close to the frontier between architecture and sculpture and to understand architecture as an art. — Santiago Calatrava
Architects mostly work for privileged people, people who have money and power, Power and money are invisible, so people hire us to visualize their power… — Shigeru Ban
Our lives are complex; our emotions are complex; our intellectual desires are complex. I believe that architecture … needs to mirror that complexity in every… — Daniel Libeskind
I studied architecture in New York. So, really I was very moved, like everyone else, to try to contribute something that has that resonance and… — Daniel Libeskind
Winning a competition in architecture is a ticket to oblivion. It's just an idea. Ninety-nine per cent never get built — Daniel Libeskind
White folks was in the caves while we [blacks] was building empires ... We built pyramids before Donald Trump ever knew what architecture was ...… — Al Sharpton
Architecture never derived its force from stability of culture, but rather from the expression of those moments when that sense of stability slipped. — Unknown Author
If architecture is, as is sometimes said, music set in concrete, then football and basketball may be said to be creativity embodied in team sports. — Michael Mandelbaum
When we think of design, we usually imagine things that are chosen because they are designed. Vases or comic books or architecture... It turns out,… — Seth Godin
I could be happy doing something like architecture. It would involve another couple of years of graduate school, but that's what I studied in college.… — Parker Stevenson

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