Architect Quote by Cristobal Balenciaga

A designer who is not also a couturier, who hasn't learned the most refined mysteries of physically creating his models, is like a sculptor…

— Yves Saint Laurent

The problem with couture is not designers; it's what happens when the couturier will no longer be there.

— Alber Elbaz

The modern painter…is an excellent couturier

— Joris-Karl Huysmans

I was on a Japanese designers' pedestal - considered a maestro. My design was getting closer to a couturier's work, and I felt like…

— Yohji Yamamoto

In Paris, we call the people who make clothing 'couturiers' - they develop new clothing items - but actually, the work of designing is…

— Issey Miyake

My first architectural project I did, I must have been fifteen, was for neighbors across the street, a couple of school teachers, and I…

— Emilio Ambasz

Dior Couture is like art - they are the art pieces of a fashion house. Each piece is unique and made by hand.

— Patrick Demarchelier

Courbet comes in 1849 with the intention of overthrowing past art and constructing it anew. While he speaks only of realism, of which he…

— Jules Breton

Actually, if you look at the works of the great architects of our time, you can see that their most beautiful works are always…

— Santiago Calatrava

I love the idea of couture and its emphasis on creation. There's where I made my name - in design - and there's where…

— Jimmy Choo

An architect is not an artist but an optimistic realist.

— Cameron Sinclair

No person who is not a great sculptor or painter can be an architect. If he is not a sculptor or painter, he can…

— John Ruskin