Architect Quote by Curtis W. Fentress Download Open image “Some architects have a preconceived notion of what a building should be” — Curtis W. Fentress ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Architect Architects Architects Preconceived Architecture Building Engineering Notion Notion Building Preconceived Notion Preconceived notions Should
The first thing that an architect must do is to sense that every building you build is a world of its own, and that… — Louis Kahn Copy Share Image
I always think of buildings in their settings, but so do other architects. — Philip Johnson Copy Share Image
“The notion of buildings that speak helps us to place at the very centre of our architectural conundrums the question of the values we… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
As an architect it is very important that you distinguish between different realities. There's the reality of the drawing and the reality of the… — Raimund Abraham Copy Share Image
When you design a building, you start from a general philosophy, and you come down, and you start from detail and come up. Only… — Renzo Piano Copy Share Image
Architecture is not a private affair; even a house must serve a whole family and its friends, and most buildings are used by everybody,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It's important for people who criticise architects - whether what they build is or isn't to your taste - to appreciate how they devote… — Thomas Heatherwick Copy Share Image
New buildings should fit naturally into their surroundings, both architecturally and historically, without denying or prettifying the concerns of our time — Gottfried Bohm Copy Share Image
Building becomes architecture only when the mind of man consciously takes it and tries with all his resources to make it beautiful, to put… — Frank Lloyd Wright Copy Share Image
I have a very strong sense of architecture in my novels. But at first it's sometimes like building a doorknob before you have a… — Nicole Krauss Copy Share Image
A bold architectural statement turns a public building into a landmark, but it is in the details where the architect becomes the real storyteller. — Curtis W. Fentress Copy Share Image
People actually ask me why I bring in projects on budget and on time. It seems I am not living up to the fashionable… — Curtis W. Fentress Copy Share Image
There are many satisfactions in public architecture but one of the greatest is the moment when you unveil a project and suddenly a group… — Curtis W. Fentress Copy Share Image
When I am asked what I believe in, I say that I believe in architecture. Architecture is the mother of the arts. I like… — Richard Meier Copy Share Image
Whether that's speaking up in your job or asking for a promotion or saying, 'I think I can do that.' Using your voice in… — Maria Shriver Copy Share Image
When it comes to getting things done, we need fewer architects and more bricklayers. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Architects mostly work for privileged people, people who have money and power, Power and money are invisible, so people hire us to visualize their… — Shigeru Ban Copy Share Image
I was the chairman of the Budget Committee and the lead architect the last time it happened in Washington, and when we did it… — John Kasich Copy Share Image
The architect is very interesting because the architect is the commander, meaning the one who commands all the workers. The architect is also the… — Santiago Calatrava Copy Share Image
The pursuit of peace resembles the building of a great cathedral. It is the work of a generation. In concept it requires a mater-architect;… — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
Yes, Garnett Grey was an Architect. Were a psychoanalyst to approach him from behind, tap his shoulder, and say 'Humanity,' Garrett'd spin and respond,… — Chip Kidd Copy Share Image
The challenge of today's generation of architects is the environment. — Carol Ross Barney Copy Share Image
I stand on this rostrum with a sense of deep humility and great pride - humility in the weight of those great American architects… — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
Architects in the past have tended to concentrate their attention on the building as a static object. I believe dynamics are more important: the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I was the chairman of the House Budget Committee and one of the chief architects the last time we balanced a budget, and it… — John Kasich Copy Share Image
