Architecture Quote by George Orwell

“The centuries of capitalism were held to have produced nothing of value. One could not learn history from architecture any more than one could…

— George Orwell

One might regard architecture as history arrested in stone.

— A. L. Rowse

“Writing on architecture is not like history or poetry.”

— Vitruvius Pollio

“I wanted to learn more about its past but felt this overwhelming need to leave. I remember hearing somewhere that buildings can hold memories…

— Hadinet Tekie

“We have not erased history; we are becoming part of the city's history by righting the wrong image these monuments represent and crafting a…

— Mitch Landrieu

You can't escape the influence of architectural history.

— Richard Meier

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

The history of architecture is the history of the struggle for light.

— Le Corbusier

“Memory is not history, even though memories may be among the evidence a historian examines in constructing a historical past.”

— Terry Nardin

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

“That was how history worked, wasn't it? If it wasn't written down it never existed. You might leave behind jewelry and pottery, ornamental tombs,…

— Kate Atkinson

My interest has always been in an architecture which reflects the modernity of our epoch as opposed to the rethinking of historical references. My…

— Jean Nouvel