Architect Quote by Shigeru Ban Download Open image “Everyone used to want to be star architects. That's no longer the case.” — Shigeru Ban ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Architect Architecture Cases Stars Used Want
When my kids were younger they hung out with joiners and electricians, but if I asked them what they wanted to be now, I… — George Clarke Copy Share Image
I never thought I was going to be an architect in the conventional sense. — Elizabeth Diller Copy Share Image
Architecture is a rare collective profession: it's always exercised by groups. There is an essential modesty, which is a complete contradiction to the notion… — Rem Koolhaas Copy Share Image
I've met architects before, and they're not living the life we see on TV. — Casey Wilson Copy Share Image
I needed to become something besides the star everybody had built me up to be. — LeAnn Rimes Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Many of the architects I admire have given the best of themselves as they mature. I'm hoping to do the same. — Santiago Calatrava Copy Share Image
I didn't care about being the 'star. ' I just wanted to make a living and have a consistent career. — Angie Dickinson Copy Share Image
Ultimately I'll probably end up going out with an actress again. But an architect would be cool. They need to do something creative. I'm… — Douglas Booth Copy Share Image
Architects mostly work for privileged people, people who have money and power, Power and money are invisible, so people hire us to visualize their… — Shigeru Ban Copy Share Image
I believe that the material doesn’t need to be strong to be used to build a strong structure. The strength of the structure has… — Shigeru Ban Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Architecture is not about designing somehting from a free, fanciful idea. It is about discovering and establishing one's own principle, some kind of regularity… — Shigeru Ban Copy Share Image
I did a lot of tests, and I finalized my research. Paper has become a part of my visual vocabulary. You know, paper is… — Shigeru Ban Copy Share Image
I'm not inventing anything new, I'm just using existing material differently. — Shigeru Ban Copy Share Image
People are not killed by earthquakes alone, but by collapsed buildings. — Shigeru Ban Copy Share Image
For me, there's no difference between what's temporary and what's definitive. I built the church in Kobe, which was supposed to be temporary, and… — Shigeru Ban Copy Share Image
An architect does not need to spend his whole career making monuments for rich people. — Shigeru Ban Copy Share Image
I travel a lot. Japanese culture is very ancient and very strong. That's why most people who commission work from Japanese architects expect them… — Shigeru Ban Copy Share Image
When I am asked what I believe in, I say that I believe in architecture. Architecture is the mother of the arts. I like… — Richard Meier Copy Share Image
Some architects have a preconceived notion of what a building should be — Curtis W. Fentress Copy Share Image
Whether that's speaking up in your job or asking for a promotion or saying, 'I think I can do that.' Using your voice in… — Maria Shriver Copy Share Image
When it comes to getting things done, we need fewer architects and more bricklayers. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Architects mostly work for privileged people, people who have money and power, Power and money are invisible, so people hire us to visualize their… — Shigeru Ban Copy Share Image
I was the chairman of the Budget Committee and the lead architect the last time it happened in Washington, and when we did it… — John Kasich Copy Share Image
The architect is very interesting because the architect is the commander, meaning the one who commands all the workers. The architect is also the… — Santiago Calatrava Copy Share Image
The pursuit of peace resembles the building of a great cathedral. It is the work of a generation. In concept it requires a mater-architect;… — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
Yes, Garnett Grey was an Architect. Were a psychoanalyst to approach him from behind, tap his shoulder, and say 'Humanity,' Garrett'd spin and respond,… — Chip Kidd Copy Share Image
The challenge of today's generation of architects is the environment. — Carol Ross Barney Copy Share Image
I stand on this rostrum with a sense of deep humility and great pride - humility in the weight of those great American architects… — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
Architects in the past have tended to concentrate their attention on the building as a static object. I believe dynamics are more important: the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
