Beautiful Quote by Ma Yansong

Beautiful buildings are more than scientific. They are true organisms, spiritually conceived; works of art, using the best technology by inspiration rather than the…

— Frank Lloyd Wright

You can't have the finest buildings if they're not in focus. They become like nice cars parked on the street.

— Leon Krier

I wanted to improve the suburban office building; to create a great urban space in a suburban environment with all that implies about interaction,…

— Helmut Jahn

I used to hate the urban environment and the urban din. But I realize now that it's really not that much different than living…

— Gordon Hempton

In China, we had some buildings that looked like the White House or wine bottles. All they seemed to represent was bad taste.

— Ma Yansong

We try to turn buildings into landscapes - defying the idea of modernism which sees nature and buildings as two distinct elements.

— Ma Yansong

People think that buildings are permanent, but in China, this isn't true; we can always demolish and remake it better.

— Ma Yansong

Modern buildings have become memorials to power and capital. More and more, they're isolated from people.

— Ma Yansong

I don't like to talk about sustainability, because sometimes I see green buildings that don't appear any different from those in the past.

— Ma Yansong

I always believed that my work should be unfinished in the sense that I encourage people to add their creativity to it, either conceptually…

— Yoko Ono

In providing this $5,000 tax credit for those purchasing rural homes, we're offering an important incentive to encourage people to live in smaller communities…

— John M. McHugh

I encourage all people to teach our young girls to value the things that one cannot take away from you.

— Kenya Moore