Buildings Quote by Ma Yansong

Modern buildings of our time are so huge that one must group them. Often the space between these buildings is as important as the…

— Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Buildings in modern cities have lost their metaphoric aspect. Much contemporary architecture is very fragmented and busy on the outside. It's like a skin…

— Mario Botta

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

— George Clarke

New ideas often need old buildings.

— Jane Jacobs

Ultimately, the naming of buildings is not a mechanism by which history is kept alive. It is a mechanism by which the rich and…

— David Olusoga

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

— Kevin McCloud

It's sad to see these old buildings go because they have so many memories, and it's a real personal kind of thing when you…

— Clarence Clemons

I don't think all buildings have to be iconic, but the history of the world has shown us that cultures build iconic buildings for…

— Frank Gehry

New ideas must use old buildings

— Jane Jacobs

What the people are within, the buildings express without.

— Louis Sullivan

In Paris, there has to be a presence. History becomes the most interesting when it's compared to the present. I mean there's a whole…

— Thom Mayne

Our historic buildings reflect our unique past.

— Marty Walsh