Building Quote by Oscar Niemeyer

Every time I've flown an aircraft, or visited a steelworks, or watched a panel-beater at work, I've learned something new that can be applied…

— Norman Foster

More and more, so it seems to me, light is the beautifier of the building.

— Frank Lloyd Wright

Light is what gives joy to buildings.

— Jaquelin T. Robertson

With buildering, I get to keep that element of danger. Plus, I very much like the feeling of height, and buildings have even more…

— Alain Robert

Care should be taken that all buildings are well lighted: in those of the country this point is easily accomplished, because the wall of…

— Anonymous

I had not yet gotten into the world of light. But I felt as one who, standing outside, could knock against the wall and…

— Simon Newcomb

My ambition has always been to reduce a building's support to a minimum. The more we diminish supporting structures, the more audacious and important…

— Oscar Niemeyer

Do you mean to tell me that you're thinking seriously of building that way, when and if you are an architect?" Yes." My dear…

— Ayn Rand

Each building has to be beautiful, but cheap and fast, but it lasts forever. That is already an incredible battery of seemingly contradictory demands.…

— Rem Koolhaas

There is a backlash against me and everyone who has done buildings that have movement and feeling.

— Frank Gehry

I love buildings that aren't purpose-built.

— Miranda Otto

The best engineer a few decades ago was someone who could create the most beautiful beam or structure; today it's to do a structure…

— Jean Nouvel