Contemplative Quote by Michael Arad

If I can create some space that people haven't experienced before and if it stays with them or gives them a dream for the…

— Tadao Ando

A lot of people don't get it, but I design from the inside out so that the finished product looks inevitable somehow. I think…

— Frank Gehry

People need space to air out their thoughts, to have a sense of themselves - unfettered by anything.

— Patti Smith

The character of the architectural forms and spaces which all people habitually encounter are powerful agencies in determining the nature of their thoughts, their…

— Hugh Ferriss

We occupy a space of our own creation-a collage compounded by bits and pieces of actuality arranged into a design determined by our internal…

— Willard Gaylin

To create you must quiet your mind. You need a quiet mind so that ideas will have a chance of connecting.

— Eric Maisel

When I am doing things around the house - when I'm decorating, setting up furniture, putting out a vase of flowers, lighting my candles,…

— Evangeline Lilly

You have to be completely open to what people would tell you. You do not shape them; you do not force the materials into…

— Werner Herzog

I make spaces that are calm rather than confrontational. I seek a certain kind of logic that allows you to move in space and…

— Annabelle Selldorf

I find that when I write, I need things to be quiet, but when I design, I can't bear it if it's quiet.

— Jonathan Ive

When I'm doing interiors - especially the ones where you really have full creative freedom - it's about creating an environment for people to…

— Lenny Kravitz

I always try to craft spaces around the moments that I imagine people or families having in them.

— Jeremiah Brent