Architecture Quote by Frank Gehry

I see in industrialization the central problem of building in our time. If we succeed in carrying out this industrialization, the social, economic, technical,…

— Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

I think architecture should be a stage, not something too material - more of an environment, not a product.

— Ma Yansong

When you are only one vendor, there is a very low rate of innovation. You think the old architecture is just fine, and it…

— Peter Levine

To go back to architecture, whats organic about architecture as a field, unlike product design, is this whole issue of holism and of monumentality…

— Greg Lynn

It's my goal to make a building as immaterial as possible. Architecture is a very material thing. It takes a lot of resources, so…

— Helmut Jahn

The most striking thing about modern industry is that it requires so much and accomplishes so little.

— E. F. Schumacher

We like to think of industrialization as being despicable. I don't really know what to make of it. There's something terribly brittle about it.

— Roy Lichtenstein

As a child, my father's architecture seemed to me to be industrial in a way. It seemed harsh and kind of chilly; I didn't…

— Nathaniel Kahn

Industrial design is a superficial practice. You use your approach regardless of the project because there is no time for a deep understanding of…

— Jens Martin Skibsted

A challenging economy is always good for design. It unites necessity and functionality. You are forced to be creative with poor materials.

— Diane von Furstenberg

The genius idea of industrialism was the concept of the Model T: In exchange for something cheap and well-made, we'd forgo unique, lovely design.

— Clive Thompson

The problem with architecture is it goes with the territory, because it's an applied art and because you're messing about with people and their…

— Peter Clewes