Being true Quote by Walter Gropius

And a building must be like a human being. It must have a wholeness about it, something that is very important.

— Minoru Yamasaki

“The notion of buildings that speak helps us to place at the very centre of our architectural conundrums the question of the values we…

— Alain de Botton

New buildings should fit naturally into their surroundings, both architecturally and historically, without denying or prettifying the concerns of our time

— Gottfried Bohm

A building is akin to dogma; it is insolent, like dogma. Whether or no it is permanent, it claims permanence, like a dogma. People…

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

Building becomes architecture only when the mind of man consciously takes it and tries with all his resources to make it beautiful, to put…

— Frank Lloyd Wright

The relative majesty of buildings depends more on the weight and vigour of their masses than any other tribute of their design.

— John Ruskin

It seems a fantastic paradox, but it is nevertheless a most important truth, that no architecture can be truly noble which is not imperfect.

— John Ruskin

“A building has integrity, just as a man and just as seldom! It must be true to its own idea, have its own form,…

— Ayn Rand

In other words, each piece of the building must look as though it was designed for that particular building.

— Minoru Yamasaki

A proper building grows naturally, logically, and poetically out of all its conditions.

— Louis Sullivan

Some architects have a preconceived notion of what a building should be

— Curtis W. Fentress

A building is a human being's space and the background for his dignity and its exterior should reflect its contents and function

— Gottfried Bohm