Architecture Quote by Peter Eisenman

Some people think architecture is about the genius sketch; I don't. Great architecture is a collaboration among a lot of people over a long…

— Joshua Prince-Ramus

Architecture is a very dangerous job. If a writer makes a bad book, eh, people don't read it. But if you make bad architecture,…

— Renzo Piano

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

“One could not learn history from architecture any more than one could learn it from books. Statues, inscriptions, memorial stones, the names of streets—anything…

— George Orwell

“Writing on architecture is not like history or poetry.”

— Vitruvius Pollio

I see the task of architecture as the defense of the authenticity of human experience

— Juhani Pallasmaa

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

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

— Thom Mayne

I think architects have a major role in being responsible for illustrating what the future could be. Because of the very strong political and…

— Ma Yansong

Architecture is an imposed art in some ways, imposed upon the public, so people must be sure about what you're doing. You have to…

— Renzo Piano

The greatest products of architecture are less the works of individuals than of society; rather the offspring of a nation's effort, than the inspired…

— Victor Hugo

I believe that the way people live can be directed a little by architecture.

— Tadao Ando