Applied arts Quote by Witold Rybczynski

I believe that architecture is a pragmatic art. To become art it must be built on a foundation of necessity.

— I. M. Pei

Architecture doesn't come from theory. You don't think your way through a building.

— Arthur Erickson

Architecture is art, nothing else.

— Philip Johnson

Architecture is what nature cannot make. Architecture is something unnatural but not something made up.

— Louis Kahn

Because of the nature of the profession of architecture, the art of architecture nourishes itself from other disciplines.

— Santiago Calatrava

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

— Lebbeus Woods

If a building becomes architecture, then it is art.

— Arne Jacobsen

Architecture is involved with the world, but at the same time it has a certain autonomy. This autonomy cannot be explained in terms of…

— Thom Mayne

Architecture is a science arising out of many other sciences, and adorned with much and varied learning; by the help of which a judgment…

— Anonymous

Architecture is not about designing somehting from a free, fanciful idea. It is about discovering and establishing one's own principle, some kind of regularity…

— Shigeru Ban

Architecture is the story of how we see ourselves. It is the architect's job to service everyday life.

— Thom Mayne

Architecture is like a mythical fantastic. It has to be experienced. It can't be described. We can draw it up and we can make…

— Maya Lin