Bad Ass Quotes

530 Bad Ass quotes by 288 unique authors

How's this for a headline? 'French fries'. — Unknown Author
Architecture is a dangerous mix of power and importance. — Rem Koolhaas
Designers think everything done by someone else is awful, and that they could do it better themselves, which explains why I designed my own living… — Chris Bangle
The architect represents neither a Dionysian nor an Apollinian condition: here it is the mighty act of will, the will which moves mountains, the intoxication… — Friedrich Nietzsche
One of the great beauties of architecture is that each time, it is like life starting all over again. — Renzo Piano
To provide meaningful architecture is not to parody history, but to articulate it. — Daniel Libeskind
Nothing in this world is more simple and more cheap than making cities that provide better for people. — Jan Gehl
In my experience, if you have to keep the lavatory door shut by extending your left leg, it's modern architecture. — Nancy Banks-Smith
I understand that, today, some developers are asking architects to design eye-catching, iconic buildings. Fortunately, I've not had that kind of client so far. — Unknown Author
The Sun does not realise how wonderful it is until after a room is made. — Louis Kahn
In pure architecture the smallest detail should have a meaning or serve a purpose. — Unknown Author
I am simply submerged in work from five in the morning to eleven at night; almost need a few days off to escape a breakdown! — Richard Neutra
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

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