Architecture Quote by Santiago Calatrava

It's important for people who criticise architects - whether what they build is or isn't to your taste - to appreciate how they devote…

— Thomas Heatherwick

Architecture arouses sentiments in man. The architect's task therefore, is to make those sentiments more precise.

— Adolf Loos

Just how we fit into the plans of the Great Architect and how much he has assigned us to do we do not know,…

— Robert Andrews Millikan

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

Architects love to rethink a project - that's what we do. If something is successful, like a house or a kettle, in this case,…

— Michael Graves

I don't know why people hire architects and then tell them what to do.

— Frank Gehry

It is the task of the architect to give life a gentler structure.

— Alvar Aalto

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

It's not my duty as an architect to look at it

— Zaha Hadid

It's my goal to make a building as immaterial as possible. Architecture is a very material thing. It takes a lot of resources, so…

— Helmut Jahn

There are many satisfactions in public architecture but one of the greatest is the moment when you unveil a project and suddenly a group…

— Curtis W. Fentress

Do you mean to tell me that you're thinking seriously of building that way, when and if you are an architect?" Yes." My dear…

— Ayn Rand