Affected Quote by Richard Meier

Contemporary architects tend to impose modernity on something. There is a certain concern for history but it’s not very deep. I understand that time…

— I. M. Pei

It's not new that architecture can profoundly affect a place, sometimes transform it. Architecture and any art can transform a person, even save someone.…

— Frank Gehry

It's not new that architecture can profoundly affect a place, sometimes transform it. Architecture and any art can transform a person, even save someone.

— Frank Gehry

There is a profound ethic to architecture which is different from the other arts.

— Moshe Safdie

“Architecture forms a vital link between people and their surroundings. It acts as a gentle buffer between the fragility of human existence and the…

— Kengo Kuma

I believe that artistic activities change people. You do effect change. I see architecture as a political, social and cultural act - that is…

— Thom Mayne

I believe that architecture, as anything else in life, is evolutionary. Ideas evolve; they don't come from outer space and crash into the drawing…

— Bjarke Ingels

Architecture is the very mirror of life.You only have to cast your eyes on buildings to feel the presence of the past, the spirit…

— I. M. Pei

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 can't fully represent the chaos and turmoil that are part of the human personality, but you need to put some of that turmoil…

— Frank Stella

One of the great beauties of architecture is that each time, it is like life starting all over again.

— Renzo Piano

Architecture is to make us know and remember who we are.

— Geoffrey Jellicoe