Architecture Quote by Mario Botta

The practice of architecture is the most delightful of all pursuits. Also, next to agriculture, it is the most necessary to man. One must…

— Philip Johnson

Architecture has recorded the great ideas of the human race. Not only every religious symbol, but every human thought has its page in that…

— Victor Hugo

The purpose of architecture is to shelter and enhance man’s life on earth and to fulfill his belief in the nobility of his existence,

— Eero Saarinen

“In the minds of the early Christians, the people—not the architecture—constituted a sacred space.”

— Frank Viola

Man is a being born to believe. And if no church comes forward with its title-deeds of truth to guide him, he will find…

— Benjamin Disraeli

There is a powerful need for symbolism, and that means the architecture must have something that appeals to the human heart. There is a…

— Kenzo Tange

When I think of a place of worship, I think of a place where one can sit and be reminded of all the things…

— Richard Meier

I'm not a religious person. But, when I look at a beautiful cathedral, what brings awe, what induces awe is the idea that architecture,…

— Jason Silva

Probably the greatest need in the Church today is a body of men who are absolutely devoted, every selfish purpose and plan given up,…

— Wilbur Moorehead Smith

You can see a lot about our mission on our website, but the basic idea is that the church believes that understanding human beings…

— Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo

The Church as a divine society possess an internal principle of life which is capable of assimilating the most diverse materials and imprinting her…

— Christopher Dawson

Architecture is the art which so disposes and adorns the edifices raised by man, that the sight of them may contribute to his mental…

— John Ruskin