Architect Quote by John Ruskin

If, early on, you know how things are put together, then you can build. The architect is in charge of making - he is…

— Peter Zumthor

Let every man feel that he is the architect and builder of his own life, and that he proposes to make a success of…

— Heber J. Grant

The architect needs to learn to see, and to open his eyes because there is always a lesson to learn from the streets.

— Santiago Calatrava

An architect must remember that the people working or living in his building need space - to dream, to be quiet, to find beauty…

— Christian de Portzamparc

The architect must be a prophet... a prophet in the true sense of the term... if he can't see at least ten years ahead…

— Frank Lloyd Wright

The architect's role is to fight for a better world, where he can produce an architecture that serves everyone and not just a group…

— Oscar Niemeyer

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

— Thom Mayne

To become an Architect in the right sense of the word means that a man shall give his life to it and nothing else,…

— Cass Gilbert

Architecture exhibits the greatest extent of the difference from nature which may exist in works of art. It involves all the powers of design,…

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

There are essentially two possibilities. One is to be, shall we say, an average architect and do the same thing everywhere. The other is…

— Rem Koolhaas

Architects should be educated, skillful with the pencil, instructed in geometry, know much history, have followed the philosophers with attention, understand music, have some…

— Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

Good architecture should be a projection of life itself, and that implies an intimate knowledge of biological, social, technical, and artistic problems.

— Walter Gropius