Composition Quote by Steven Heller

There is no recipe for good layout, what must be maintained is a feeling of change and contrast. A layout man should be simple…

— Alexey Brodovitch

The geometry reveals five development direction for applications (each with endless possibilities); dividing, dwelling, trestle, fenestration and artistic installation. I find these enabled designs…

— Dror Benshetrit

“Successful organizing forces you to look at the big picture, not one small section of the frame, so that the system you design will…

— Julie Morgenstern

Good design today requires more vision (a larger point of view versus the single brilliant idea), more consistency (a deeper underlying structure of language…

— William Drenttel

“...the Office's prime approach to architecture... is one of continuous ANTICIPATORY DESIGN.”

— Cedric Price

“Modern Movement architects and designers reinterpreted the rooms of buildings in new ways, using the language of "spatial relationships" and "volumes" in influence display…

— Philip Hughes

“Foundational design principles regarding aesthetics, symbolism and meaning of place were for the old-timer carpenter, simply routine. Unfortunately, these principles began to lose their…

— Shannon Taylor Scarlett

“What they all shared was optimism, openness to experimentation, a love of storytelling, a need to collaborate, and an instinct to think with their…

— Tim Brown

“Style is a matter of taste, design a matter of principles.”

— Thomas Church

Good design is ubiquitous and forever.

— Massimo Vignelli

“Designs belong to individual designers; Architecture belongs to communities of practice. We”

— Peter Lucas

Modern architecture is not a style, it's an attitude

— Marcel Breuer