Architecture Quote by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Architecture is the art which so disposes and adorns the edifices raised by man, that the sight of them may contribute to his mental…

— John Ruskin

Architecture has to be greater than just architecture. It has to address social values, as well as technical and aesthetic values. On top of…

— Samuel Mockbee

Architecture is a art when one consciously or unconsciously creates aesthetic emotion in the atmosphere and when this environment produces well being.

— Luis Barragan

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

— Moshe Safdie

As much as the needs of fact, the needs of the spirit and the senses, must be satisfied. Architecture is as much a part…

— Harry Seidler

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

Architecture must have something that appeals to the human heart. Creative work is expressed in our time as a union of technology and humanity.

— Kenzo Tange

In architecture the pride of man, his triumph over gravitation, his will to power, assume a visible form. Architecture is a sort of oratory…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

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

— Thom Mayne

I believe that architecture is a pragmatic art. To become art it must be built on a foundation of necessity.

— I. M. Pei

Architecture is the triumph of human imagination over materials, methods, and men, to put man into possession of his own Earth. It is at…

— Frank Lloyd Wright

Architecture is a small piece of this human equation, but for those of us who practice it, we believe in its potential to make…

— Frank Gehry