Absolute Quote by Thom Mayne

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 starts when you carefully put two bricks together. There it begins.

— Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

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 about ideas in the first place. You don't get to design until you have an idea.

— Lebbeus Woods

The details are the very source of expression in architecture. But we are caught in a vice between art and the bottom line.

— Arthur Erickson

The room is the beginning of architecture.

— Louis Kahn

Architecture is the constant fight between man and nature, the fight to overwhelm nature, to possess it. The first act of architecture is to…

— Mario Botta

Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space. Living, Changing, New. Not yesterday, not tomorrow, only today can be given form. Only…

— Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

I have a very strong sense of architecture in my novels. But at first it's sometimes like building a doorknob before you have a…

— Nicole Krauss

Architecture is basically the design of interiors, the art of organizing interior space.

— Philip Johnson

When I start, my first idea for a building is with the material. I believe architecture is about that. It's not about paper, it's…

— Peter Zumthor

I don't think architecture should be considered as an art form in the first instance. Whenever I say that, it makes people really angry.…

— James Polshek