Architect Quote by William H. Whyte Download Open image “The human backside is a dimension architects seem to have forgotten.” — William H. Whyte ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.1 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Architect Architecture Backsides Dimensions Forgotten Humans Seems
Man's mind stretched to a new idea never goes back to its original dimensions. — Oliver Wendell Holmes Copy Share Image
Man's mind, stretched by a new idea, never goes back to its original dimensions. — Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr Copy Share Image
All but universally, human architecture values front elevations over back entrances, public spaces over private. Danny Jessup says that this aspect of architecture is… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Sometimes I can't figure designers out. It's as if they flunked human anatomy. — Erma Bombeck Copy Share Image
It’s time for architecture to do things again, not just represent things. — Joshua Prince-Ramus Copy Share Image
The architectural covering the body . Show the character of the subject matters — Mak_786 Copy Share Image
Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“But the process should not be confused with science. When tests are used as selections devices, they're not a neutral tool; they become a… — William H. Whyte Copy Share Image
We have been the most prodigal of people with land, and for years we wasted it with impunity. There was so much of it,… — William H. Whyte Copy Share Image
People do not always argue because they misunderstand one another, they argue because they hold different goals. — William H. Whyte Copy Share Image
“Someday someone is going to create a stir by proposing a radical new tool for the study people. It will be called the face-value… — William H. Whyte Copy Share Image
If you want to seed a place with activity, the first thing to do is to put out food. — William H. Whyte Copy Share Image
Nonconformity is an empty goal, and rebellion against prevailing opinion merely because it is prevailing should no more be praised than acquiescence to it.… — William H. Whyte Copy Share Image
The street is the river of life of the city, the place where we come together, the pathway to the center. — William H. Whyte Copy Share Image
So-called 'undesirables' are not the problem. It is the measures taken to combat them that is the problem. — William H. Whyte Copy Share Image
It is difficult to design a space that will not attract people. What is remarkable is how often this has been accomplished. — William H. Whyte Copy Share Image
The onlooker had better wipe the sympathy off his face. What he has seen is a revolution, not the home of little cogs and… — William H. Whyte Copy Share Image
“Society is itself an education in the extrovert values, and rarely has there been a society that has preached them so hard. No man… — William H. Whyte Copy Share Image
When I am asked what I believe in, I say that I believe in architecture. Architecture is the mother of the arts. I like… — Richard Meier Copy Share Image
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Whether that's speaking up in your job or asking for a promotion or saying, 'I think I can do that.' Using your voice in… — Maria Shriver Copy Share Image
When it comes to getting things done, we need fewer architects and more bricklayers. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Architects mostly work for privileged people, people who have money and power, Power and money are invisible, so people hire us to visualize their… — Shigeru Ban Copy Share Image
I was the chairman of the Budget Committee and the lead architect the last time it happened in Washington, and when we did it… — John Kasich Copy Share Image
The architect is very interesting because the architect is the commander, meaning the one who commands all the workers. The architect is also the… — Santiago Calatrava Copy Share Image
The pursuit of peace resembles the building of a great cathedral. It is the work of a generation. In concept it requires a mater-architect;… — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
Yes, Garnett Grey was an Architect. Were a psychoanalyst to approach him from behind, tap his shoulder, and say 'Humanity,' Garrett'd spin and respond,… — Chip Kidd Copy Share Image
The challenge of today's generation of architects is the environment. — Carol Ross Barney Copy Share Image
I stand on this rostrum with a sense of deep humility and great pride - humility in the weight of those great American architects… — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
Architects in the past have tended to concentrate their attention on the building as a static object. I believe dynamics are more important: the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
