Art Quote by Philip Johnson

I am very interested in architecture. I've been asked if I'd ever direct, but me, I'd rather build. It's very similar to directing, because…

— Brad Pitt

Even though I build buildings and I pursue my architecture, I pursue it as an artist. I deliberately keep a tiny studio. I don't…

— Maya Lin

If, early on, you know how things are put together, then you can build. The architect is in charge of making - he is…

— Peter Zumthor

Art is very tricky because it's what you do for yourself. It's much harder for me to make those works than the monuments or…

— Maya Lin

I'd rather be somewhere building a house, if I knew how. The whole idea of being a professional artist is like a demeaning kind…

— Willis Earl Beal

What I try to do is the art of building, and the art of building is the art of construction; it is not only…

— Peter Zumthor

The beauty of my profession [architecture] lies in its randomness and surprise. And don't think I can choose my projects. I have to build…

— Rem Koolhaas

Everyone should be able to build, and as long as this freedom to build does not exist, the present-day planned architecture cannot be considered…

— Friedensreich Hundertwasser

You must build your life as if it were a work of art.

— Abraham Joshua Heschel

Every work of art has its necessity; find out your very own. Ask yourself if you would do it if nobody would ever see…

— Ernst Haas

if you want to create art, you'd best have a deep belief in yourself and no ulterior motives.

— Twyla Tharp

If I saw the art around me that I liked, then I wouldn't do art.

— John Baldessari