Bad Quote by Ma Yansong

The Eisenhower Building - the furniture is mismatched; everything is just bad decor and bad quality. Everybody's looking down at their Blackberry. It's a…

— Tony Hale

I like to have Chinese furniture in my home as a constant and painful reminder of how much has been destroyed in China. The…

— Jung Chang

I grew up in Beijing, and there weren't many modern buildings during my childhood. I was influenced by traditional culture - the courtyards, the…

— Ma Yansong

I'm very interested in buildings that have meaning for a particular place. I suppose it feels slightly rude to me if the imposed style…

— Thomas Heatherwick

Wine glasses, like fine wines, have always been a symbol of civilized living.

— Alexis Lichine

We don't agree with the depiction of buildings in the '20s and 1930s. Things were seen either from above or below which tended to…

— Bernd Becher

Our odd idea of the classical world, the white Washington, D.C., is based on buildings that were originally brightly painted.

— Glenn O'Brien

Buildings are storytellers. They teach us about our history, good and bad. They tell stories about people.

— George Clarke

I stared at the enormous homes, the landscaping and flower beds immaculate. It was as if dollar bills, instead of leaves, hung from the…

— Ruta Sepetys

I cannot look at modern buildings without thinking of historical ones.

— Kevin McCloud

If you look at the entrance halls of the skyscrapers of the 1920s and 1930s, they are very welcoming. They are public spaces with…

— Joseph Rykwert

My home has a split personality. Some of the rooms are very French antique. Think Aubusson rugs, turquoise ceramic jugs, sandbag pillows, and broken…

— Poppy Delevingne