Architecture Quote by Daniel Libeskind Download Open image “Cities are the greatest creations of humanity.” — Daniel Libeskind ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.1 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Architecture Cities Humanity Nature of man
Cities can be places that represent the best of our ideals: where Americans of all different backgrounds can come together and, through their interactions,… — Cory Booker Copy Share Image
We say we want to create beauty, identity, quality, singularity. And yet, maybe in truth these cities that we have are desired. Maybe their… — Rem Koolhaas Copy Share Image
By far the greatest and most admirable form of wisdom is that needed to plan and beautify cities and human communities. — Socrates Copy Share Image
Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody. — Jane Jacobs Copy Share Image
“The city is built on an inhuman scale. Everything is by design inconvenient for Homo sapiens.” — Andrew Meier Copy Share Image
In every detail a city should reflect that human beings are sacred and that they are equal. — Enrique Penalosa Copy Share Image
But let us not forget that cities are like human beings. They are born, they go through childhood and adolescence, they grow old, and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Winning a competition in architecture is a ticket to oblivion. It's just an idea. Ninety-nine per cent never get built — Daniel Libeskind Copy Share Image
Young people have the advantage because they have their whole lives open to be astonished. — Daniel Libeskind Copy Share Image
Life it is not just a series of calculations and a sum total of statistics, it's about experience, it's about participation, it is something… — Daniel Libeskind Copy Share Image
Don't look at the superficial success, at the short-term success. Look at the deep spiritual questions that architecture has to answer. Who do you… — Daniel Libeskind Copy Share Image
I'm not Candide, nor Dr Pangloss, but we know that faith moves mountains — Daniel Libeskind Copy Share Image
You cannot suddenly make Lower Manhattan into a sad place because we saw such a dramatic loss of life. You have to balance the… — Daniel Libeskind Copy Share Image
We often judge cities by great public buildings. But we admire great cities because people live there in a beautiful way. You have to… — Daniel Libeskind Copy Share Image
The official name of the project is 'Jewish Museum' but I have named it 'Between the Lines' because for me it is about two… — Daniel Libeskind Copy Share Image
The bones of my architecture are very much related to the structure, to the physical fact of how a building can stand up; it's… — Santiago Calatrava Copy Share Image
A man walks down the street. It's a street in a strange world. Maybe it's the third world. Maybe it's his first time around.… — Paul Simon Copy Share Image
The Parthenon is really only a farmyard over which someone put a roof; colonades and sculptures were added because there were people in Athens… — Pablo Picasso Copy Share Image
Society understands the architecture of academia and knows there are relevant qualifications in different fields, and the media accepts the idea of specialisations and… — Jay Griffiths Copy Share Image
I just think structure can make a book feel so much bigger. It's the architecture. You could use flimsy materials if you wanted to,… — Jami Attenberg 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
Some architects have a preconceived notion of what a building should be — Curtis W. Fentress Copy Share Image
The essential functions of the mind consist in understanding and in inventing, in other words, in building up structures by structuring reality. — Jean Piaget Copy Share Image
London, from the architecture to the culture to the fashion to the accents, feels like it's a special place. — G-Eazy Copy Share Image
A wiki works best where you're trying to answer a question that you can't easily pose, where there's not a natural structure that's known… — Ward Cunningham Copy Share Image
Architecture is not a profession for the faint-hearted, the weak-willed, or the short-lived. — Martin Filler Copy Share Image
As a result of reading science fiction when I was eight, I grew up with an interest in music, architecture, city planning, transportation, politics,… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
