Architecture Quotes

1029 Architecture quotes by 506 unique authors

No architect troubled to design houses that suited people who were to live in them, because that would have meant building a whole range of… — Michael Ende
If I have a style, I am not aware of it. — Michael Graves
In any architecture, there is an equity between the pragmatic function and the symbolic function. — Michael Graves
We build buildings which are terribly restless. And buildings don't go anywhere. They shouldn't be restless. — Minoru Yamasaki
Not many architects have the luxury to reject significant things. — Rem Koolhaas
The dialogue between client and architect is about as intimate as any conversation you can have, because when you're talking about building a house, you're… — Robert A. M. Stern
The bungalow had more to do with how Americans live today than any other building that has gone remotely by the name of architecture in… — Russell Lynes
The interior of the house personifies the private world; the exterior of it is part of the outside world. — Stephen Gardiner
What people want, above all, is order. — Stephen Gardiner
My buildings don't speak in words but by means of their own spaciousness. — Thom Mayne
The work of art shows people new directions and thinks of the future. The house thinks of the present. — Adolf Loos
I am but an architectural composer. — Alexander Jackson Davis
I have designed the most buildings of any living American architect. — Alexander Jackson Davis
Proportions are what makes the old Greek temples classic in their beauty. They are like huge blocks, from which the air has been literally hewn… — Arne Jacobsen
Cities are the greatest creations of humanity. — Daniel Libeskind
In Los Angeles, by the time you're 35, you're older than most of the buildings. — Delia Ephron
Even at the United Nations, where legend has it that the building was designed so that there could be no corner offices, the expanse of… — Enid Nemy
The Romans were not inventors of the supporting arch, but its extended use in vaults and intersecting barrel shapes and domes is theirs. — Harry Seidler
As a designer, the mission with which we have been charged is simple: providing space at the right cost. — Harry von Zell
Every building is a prototype. No two are alike. — Helmut Jahn
Designed by architects with honorable intentions but hands of palsy. — Jimmy Breslin
Architects in the past have tended to concentrate their attention on the building as a static object. I believe dynamics are more important: the dynamics… — John C. Portman, Jr.
Buildings should serve people, not the other way around. — John C. Portman, Jr.
My buildings will be my legacy... they will speak for me long after I'm gone. — Julia Morgan
Architecture is a visual art, and the buildings speak for themselves. — Julia Morgan

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