Architecture Quote by Elizabeth Diller

Architects like to work in a problematic environment.

— Ma Yansong

In life, as in restaurants, we swallow a lot of indigestible stuff just because it comes with the dinner.

— Mignon McLaughlin

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

It's a mystery to me how anyone ever gets any nourishment in this place. They must eat their meals standing up by the window…

— Agatha Christie

“Architects are 'dismissive' of the people who turn their designs into building. And indecisive clients who have read too many design magazines all end…

— Ole Thorstensen

Some architects have a preconceived notion of what a building should be

— Curtis W. Fentress

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

Architects must have a razor-sharp sense of individuality.

— Richard Neutra

I always think of buildings in their settings, but so do other architects.

— Philip Johnson

I think architects tend to believe that they can almost do anything, which is a wonderful characteristic, but in some cases you just fall…

— Rafael Vinoly

Architects love to rethink a project - that's what we do. If something is successful, like a house or a kettle, in this case,…

— Michael Graves

I don't know why people hire architects and then tell them what to do.

— Frank Gehry