Adults Quote by Curtis W. Fentress

I think the general public's response to my projects is very strong. You can be an intellectual and say that popularity detracts from architectural…

— Moshe Safdie

The general public, formerly profoundly indifferent to everything to do with building, has been shaken out of its torpor; personal interest in architecture as…

— Walter Gropius

It's most satisfying to have an effect on the public realm - deep down I think it's what every architect wants to do.

— Greg Lynn

There are so many constraints on the architect that public buildings almost never feel free or enjoyable.

— Toyo Ito

I'm particularly interested in the public role that all buildings play. I believe that we architects should try to go beyond our basic obligations…

— Cesar Pelli

The architect works for so many years building it, and the moment you deliver it to the people is the moment when you are…

— Santiago Calatrava

I believe that architecture is fundamentally a public space where people can gather and communicate, think about the history, think about the lives of…

— Tadao Ando

Architecture is an imposed art in some ways, imposed upon the public, so people must be sure about what you're doing. You have to…

— Renzo Piano

We were kind of arrogant when we started and became really humbled as we were doing architecture. It's really hard to work with budgets…

— Elizabeth Diller

To work in architecture you are so much involved with society, with politics, with bureaucrats. It's a very complicated process to do large projects.…

— Ai Weiwei

In the past, young, talented architects worked together to form a strong social agenda and communicate with a larger audience. That's what today's architecture…

— Ma Yansong

“But can there ever be a 100 per-cent achievement in architecture? I only distrust those who take that level of satisfaction in their work.…

— Kengo Kuma