Architecture Quote by Daniel Libeskind Download Open image “To provide meaningful architecture is not to parody history, but to articulate it.” — Daniel Libeskind ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Architecture History Meaningful Parody
Authentic architecture is not the incarnation of the spirit of the age but of the spirit, full stop. — Leon Krier Copy Share Image
I truly believe that the great heroes that create the history of architecture are people who take risks and write to tell about it. — Peter Eisenman Copy Share Image
“One could not learn history from architecture any more than one could learn it from books. Statues, inscriptions, memorial stones, the names of streets—anything… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Some people think architecture is about the genius sketch; I don't. Great architecture is a collaboration among a lot of people over a long… — Joshua Prince-Ramus Copy Share Image
I see the task of architecture as the defense of the authenticity of human experience — Juhani Pallasmaa Copy Share Image
Architecture is the very mirror of life.You only have to cast your eyes on buildings to feel the presence of the past, the spirit… — I. M. Pei Copy Share Image
I believe that architecture is a pragmatic art. To become art it must be built on a foundation of necessity. — I. M. Pei Copy Share Image
The perennial architectural debate has always been, and will continue to be, about art versus use, visions versus pragmatism, aesthetics versus social responsibility. In… — Ada Louise Huxtable Copy Share Image
I would say that to put architecture in the chain of history, to be able to interpret and understand why we are where we… — Rafael Moneo 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 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
