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I like ruins because what remains is not the total design, but the clarity of thought, the naked structure, the spirit of the thing. — Tadao Ando
A profound design process eventually makes the patron, the architect, and every occasional visitor in the building a slightly better human being. — Juhani Pallasmaa
People who build their own home tend to be very courageous. These people are curious about life. They're thinking about what it means to live… — Tom Kundig
We live in a time of renaissance ... cities are coming back to life, after a long neglect. — Daniel Libeskind
Ah, to build, to build! That is the noblest art of all the arts. Painting and sculpture are but images, Are merely shadows cast by… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The desire to reach for the sky runs very deep in the human psyche. — Cesar Pelli
I'm convinced that without bad design, the world would be a far less stimulating place; we would have nothing to marvel over and nothing to… — Unknown Author
Architecture is not based on concrete and steel, and the elements of the soil. It's based on wonder. — Daniel Libeskind
An object should be judged by whether it has a form consistent with its use. — Bruno Munari
Architecture is really about well-being. I think that people want to feel good in a space ... On the one hand it's about shelter, but… — Zaha Hadid
Very often the opinion of the clients must be disregarded in their own interest. — Unknown Author
The greatest architectural illusion is not Baroque fancy or Victorian flamboyant, but minimalism. — Kevin McCloud
Architects spend an entire life with this unreasonable idea that you can fight against gravity. — Renzo Piano
Home is where you hang your architect. — Clare Boothe Luce
The fundamental failure of most graphic, product, architectural and even urban design is its insistence on serving the God of Looking-Good rather than the God… — Richard Saul Wurman
When we build, let us think that we build forever. — John Ruskin
As an architect you design for the present, with an awareness of the past, for a future which is essentially unknown. — Norman Foster
I don't know why people hire architects and then tell them what to do. — Frank Gehry
There is a danger when every building has to look spectacular; to look like it is changing the world. I don't care how a building… — David Chipperfield
Here, then, is what I wanted to tell you of my architecture. I created it with courage and idealism, but also with an awareness of… — Oscar Niemeyer

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