Architecture Quote by Harry Seidler

Today, architecture is invention. It isn't enough to just be rational - It must also be beautiful.

— Oscar Niemeyer

Architecture must have something that appeals to the human heart. Creative work is expressed in our time as a union of technology and humanity.

— Kenzo Tange

Architecture is the story of how we see ourselves. It is the architect's job to service everyday life.

— Thom Mayne

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 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

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, in itself, at the end of the day, is a rational profession.

— Jimenez Lai

I believe that architecture is a pragmatic art. To become art it must be built on a foundation of necessity.

— I. M. Pei

Architecture is a art when one consciously or unconsciously creates aesthetic emotion in the atmosphere and when this environment produces well being.

— Luis Barragan

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

— Samuel

“Architecture is not a business, not a career, but a crusade and a consecration to a joy that justifies the existence of the earth.”

— Ayn Rand

Architecture is supposed to complete nature. Great architecture makes nature more beautiful-it gives it power.

— Claudio Silvestrin