Architect Quote by Uell Stanley Andersen

I'd say I never considered myself a great architect. I'm more of a creative problem solver with good taste and a soft spot for…

— Maria Semple

If architects weren't arrogant, they wouldn't be architects. I don't know a modest good architect.

— Philip Johnson

“An optimist is a braver cynic.”

— Colum McCann

If you weren’t an optimist, it would be impossible to be an architect.

— Norman Foster

A great architect is not made by way of a brain nearly so much as he is made by way of a cultivated, enriched…

— Frank Lloyd Wright

The modern architect is, generally speaking, art's greatest enemy.

— Pierre-Auguste Renoir

If an architect's ego is very small, he is done for it; if it is vast then he might make some very important contributions.

— Paolo Soleri

The architecture profession has lost a lot of its integrity, especially in the USA. The general architect here has no scruples, no ambitions.

— Helmut Jahn

The cynic, a parasite of civilization, lives by denying it, for the very reason that he is convinced that it will not fail.

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

The architect holds much knowledge, but is not a specialist. Especially with the computer and technology, the amount of knowledge an architect possesses keeps…

— Santiago Calatrava

What if you're Gaudi and you know you're the best architect and everyone is saying that you're saying you're the best architect the wrong…

— Kanye West

The architect's role is to fight for a better world, where he can produce an architecture that serves everyone and not just a group…

— Oscar Niemeyer