Architect Quote by David Chipperfield

Britain loves a bargain, but you don't get good, lasting architecture on the cheap.

— David Chipperfield

You cannot have good architecture merely by asking people's advice on occasion. All good architecture is the expression of national life and character; and…

— John Ruskin

The architects who benefit us most maybe those generous enough to lay aside their claims to genius in order to devote themselves to assembling…

— Alain de Botton

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

Somehow, architecture alters the way we think about the world and the way we behave. Any serious architecture, as a litmus test, has to…

— Thom Mayne

Architecture has to be greater than just architecture. It has to address social values, as well as technical and aesthetic values. On top of…

— Samuel Mockbee

Architecture is a negotiated art, and it's highly political, and if you want to make buildings, there is diplomacy required.

— Thom Mayne

Architecture is for the young. If our teenagers don't get architecture - if they are not inspired, (then) we won't have the architecture that…

— Frank Lloyd Wright

Architecture does not change anything. It's always on the side of the wealthy. The important thing is to believe that it can make life…

— Oscar Niemeyer

Architecture will always express the technical and social progress of the country in which it is carried out. If we wish to give it…

— Oscar Niemeyer

When the Americans are behind you, they're behind you 100%, and this gives you real confidence as an architect. They expect you to lead…

— David Chipperfield

Architecture has always been a very idealistic profession. It's about making the world a better place and it works over the generations because people…

— Frank Gehry