Architecture Quote by John Ruskin

The details are the very source of expression in architecture. But we are caught in a vice between art and the bottom line.

— Arthur Erickson

“The modern architects are incorrect in their thinking. Ornament is not a crime. It is tactile, invigorating, life-sustaining, and human.”

— Kristen Wagner

I don't think architecture should be considered as an art form in the first instance. Whenever I say that, it makes people really angry.…

— James Polshek

An architect is given a program, budget, place, and schedule. Sometimes the end product rises to art - or at least people call it…

— Frank Gehry

One of the first principles of decorative art is that in all manufactures ornament must hold a place subordinate to that of utility; and…

— George Mason

While I tend to keep embellishment minimal as my clients often possess some of the finest jewellery, I enjoy creating ornamentation that appears like…

— Stephane Rolland

Architecture is the triumph of human imagination over materials, methods, and men, to put man into possession of his own Earth. It is at…

— Frank Lloyd Wright

The art of the word is painting + architecture + music.

— Yevgeny Zamyatin

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

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

— I. M. Pei

Because of the nature of the profession of architecture, the art of architecture nourishes itself from other disciplines.

— Santiago Calatrava

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

— Thom Mayne