Architecture Quote by Oscar Niemeyer

Life is more important than architecture.

— Oscar Niemeyer

Architecture must have something that appeals to the human heart. Creative work is expressed in our time as a union of technology and humanity.

— Kenzo Tange

Architecture is the story of how we see ourselves. It is the architect's job to service everyday life.

— Thom Mayne

Architecture has always been a very idealistic profession. It's about making the world a better place and it works over the generations because people…

— Frank Gehry

Architecture is a small piece of this human equation, but for those of us who practice it, we believe in its potential to make…

— Frank Gehry

Good architecture should be a projection of life itself, and that implies an intimate knowledge of biological, social, technical, and artistic problems.

— Walter Gropius

Architecture has to be greater than just architecture. It has to address social values, as well as technical and aesthetic values.

— Samuel

The aesthetic of architecture has to be rooted in a broader idea about human activities like walking, relaxing and communicating. Architecture thinks about how…

— Thom Mayne

Architecture exhibits the greatest extent of the difference from nature which may exist in works of art. It involves all the powers of design,…

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The thing about architecture is that it's an art [you] simply learn more by doing more. It's one of those things that is really…

— David Adjaye

Somehow, architecture alters the way we think about the world and the way we behave. Any serious architecture, as a litmus test, has to…

— Thom Mayne

Architecture falls between art and airports. It's pragmatic-it helps you get from point A to point B. But it also works as art. It…

— Ben van Berkel