Building Quote by Kevin McCloud Download Open image “I cannot look at modern buildings without thinking of historical ones.” — Kevin McCloud ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Building Buildings Cannot Historical History Look Looks Modern Thinking
In this tour around the world I was not interested in contemporary buildings because I had seen contemporary buildings actually until they came out… — Minoru Yamasaki Copy Share Image
Modern buildings have become memorials to power and capital. More and more, they're isolated from people. — Ma Yansong Copy Share Image
I am not interested in constructing a building, so much as in having a perspicuous view of the foundations of possible buildings. — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
When I started studying architecture, people would say, you know, 'Can you tell me why are all modern buildings so boring?' Because, like, people… — Bjarke Ingels Copy Share Image
New buildings should fit naturally into their surroundings, both architecturally and historically, without denying or prettifying the concerns of our time — Gottfried Bohm Copy Share Image
Rome has not seen a modern building in more than half a century. It is a city frozen in time. — Richard Meier Copy Share Image
Some ruins of ancient times are much more beautiful than the best buildings of modern eras! — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
The thing that I champion is sustainability. My terror is that suddenly we see it as a luxury, not an essential. That's a danger. — Kevin McCloud Copy Share Image
I've forgiven all my enemies - even those who have stolen money from me. — Kevin McCloud Copy Share Image
I've had my fair share of colds, which last longer than they should and can cause wheezing, so I avoid people who are sneezing… — Kevin McCloud Copy Share Image
Sustainability is now a big baggy sack in which people throw all kinds of old ideas, hot air and dodgy activities in order to… — Kevin McCloud Copy Share Image
It's possible to be satisfied with a day's work or a cake, but a life... what is a life but a history of events… — Kevin McCloud Copy Share Image
I'm really quite conscious of clothes and the way they fit and don't regret wearing anything. Not even the five-inch stack heels I wore… — Kevin McCloud Copy Share Image
I like the absurd and the surreal: the Coen brothers, Bunuel, Kubrick. — Kevin McCloud Copy Share Image
Building a house from scratch in the middle of a field is a bit like building a prototype car. As with all prototypes, if… — Kevin McCloud Copy Share Image
A great deal of energy is wasted in hating people, and I can honestly say I've no wish to expend such a precious resource… — Kevin McCloud Copy Share Image
Because I live in the countryside, I want a building which encourages me to have a fully formed relationship with the environment. It gives… — Kevin McCloud Copy Share Image
You, of Canada, are building a magnificent record of achievement. My country rejoices in it. — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
One of the things the United States does well is building coalitions. What the U.S. knows is that if you don't have a coalition… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
Surely, if Mother Nature had been consulted, she would never have consented to building a city in New Orleans. — Mortimer Zuckerman Copy Share Image
Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none other for… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Peace is an ongoing process. It begins with the first step and it does not end. We, all of us alive today, are the… — David Krieger Copy Share Image
I've done so many other projects where you're in a room with a reader and you're acting your lines out: 'We have to get… — Jim Cummings Copy Share Image
Absolutely, you can improve and become better at toughness. It's a talent, but it can be acquired, too. I think of it like building… — Jim Harbaugh Copy Share Image
T]he church is not a place. It's not a building. It's not a preaching point. It's not a spiritual service provider. It's a people… — Mark Dever Copy Share Image
I'd like to play Ian Paisley, actually. I'd need building up, though he's very frail now. — Liam Neeson Copy Share Image
Death is but an aspect of life, and the destruction of one material form is but a prelude to building up of another. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Some architects have a preconceived notion of what a building should be — Curtis W. Fentress Copy Share Image
As for the forces, electromagnetism and gravity we experience in everyday life. But the weak and strong forces are beyond our ordinary experience. So… — Edward Witten Copy Share Image