Architecture Quote by Thomas Heatherwick

I understand that, today, some developers are asking architects to design eye-catching, iconic buildings. Fortunately, I've not had that kind of client so far.

— Fumihiko Maki

Who I am as an architect and the history of my work - that's clear to anybody who hires me. But I come in…

— Thom Mayne

A building is a very interesting frame. You always get a sort of sample of different people inside a building.

— Hito Steyerl

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

— Frank Gehry

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

— Zaha Hadid

I try to just put a blank stage in front of them, and say, "This is your space; you tell me where you're coming…

— Doug Aitken

The architect works for so many years building it, and the moment you deliver it to the people is the moment when you are…

— Santiago Calatrava

Architecture is to make us know and remember who we are.

— Geoffrey Jellicoe

As an architect you design for the present, with an awareness of the past, for a future which is essentially unknown.

— Norman Foster

It's most satisfying to have an effect on the public realm - deep down I think it's what every architect wants to do.

— Greg Lynn

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

— Adolf Loos

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