Architect Quote by Shigeru Ban

I guess I can't be a great architect. Great architects have a recognizable style. But if every building I did were the same, it…

— Philip Johnson

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

There are essentially two possibilities. One is to be, shall we say, an average architect and do the same thing everywhere. The other is…

— Rem Koolhaas

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

I am obsessed with architecture. It is true, I am restless, trying to find myself as an architect and how best to contribute in…

— Frank Gehry

Architecture falls between art and airports. It's pragmatic-it helps you get from point A to point B. But it also works as art. It…

— Ben van Berkel

Early in my career, I tried to bring an artistic feeling to architecture. That's really the intent and impression of what I think about:…

— Ma Yansong

Architecture is a special kind of career that showcases the accumulations of culture, time, and history.

— Ma Yansong

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

— Moshe Safdie

The aesthetic of architecture has to be rooted in a broader idea about human activities like walking, relaxing and communicating. Architecture thinks about how…

— Thom Mayne

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

When you want to do something that is challenging or interesting or new, you never find the place. All the places are obvious or…

— Miuccia Prada