Architect Quote by Philip Johnson

I come from a long line of architects. I'm the only one who did not become an architect, but I've been around the drawing…

— Kym Whitley

I'd say I never considered myself a great architect. I'm more of a creative problem solver with good taste and a soft spot for…

— Maria Semple

I never thought I was going to be an architect in the conventional sense.

— Elizabeth Diller

I decided I wanted to do something that was worthwhile and thought I would try architecture. There was not an architect in my family.

— Carol Ross Barney

Who I am as an architect and the history of my work - that's clear to anybody who hires me. But I come in…

— Thom Mayne

There are essentially two possibilities. One is to be, shall we say, an average architect and do the same thing everywhere. The other is…

— Rem Koolhaas

I think that the point of being an architect is to help raise the experience of everyday living, even a little. Putting a window…

— David Chipperfield

I actually feel like a very traditional architect.

— Ma Yansong

The most important thing, in order to forge one's own creative personality, is to travel, to see different environments, different cultures. I wanted to…

— Shigeru Ban

I could have been an architect, but I don't think I'd have been very happy. Nearly all modern architecture is a silly game as…

— Roger Waters

Architects have made architecture too complex. We need to simplify it and use a language that everyone can understand.

— Toyo Ito

When you want to do something that is challenging or interesting or new, you never find the place. All the places are obvious or…

— Miuccia Prada