Architecture Quote by Nathaniel Hawthorne

If you look at the Earth without architecture, its sometimes a little bit unpleasant. So there is this basic human need to do shelter…

— Peter Zumthor

The bungalow had more to do with how Americans live today than any other building that has gone remotely by the name of architecture…

— Russell Lynes

Architecture is a political act, by nature. It has to do with the relationships between people and how they decide to change their conditions…

— Lebbeus Woods

What's interesting in archaeology is that we always understand other cultures by digging up their cities; architecture is almost always a way for us…

— Jimenez Lai

Architecture is to make us know and remember who we are.

— Geoffrey Jellicoe

When I start, my first idea for a building is with the material. I believe architecture is about that. It's not about paper, it's…

— Peter Zumthor

I have a very strong sense of architecture in my novels. But at first it's sometimes like building a doorknob before you have a…

— Nicole Krauss

Frank Lloyd Wright made houses right up until the end. I think that's important because it gives you a direct connection to all the…

— Steven Holl

I believe that architecture is fundamentally a public space where people can gather and communicate, think about the history, think about the lives of…

— Tadao Ando

From the early days of European migration to America, in the 17th Century, the prototype of buildings was based on English precedent, even if…

— Harry Seidler

You cannot have good architecture merely by asking people's advice on occasion. All good architecture is the expression of national life and character; and…

— John Ruskin

The weird thing about houses is that they almost always look like nothing is happening inside of them, even though they contain most of…

— John Green