Peter Zumthor – “There is still a real need for good quality architecture, not p…”
Peter Zumthor best Age Quotes – “There is still a real need for good quality architecture, not paper architecture, but the real stuff.”
Architecture Quotes
Evan Sharp – “I’ve always been a good student, made good enough grades to do wel…”
Evan Sharp best Architecture Quotes – “I’ve always been a good student, made good enough grades to do well, and enjoyed a lot of different subjects. It wasn’t until I went to architecture school, though, that I really loved school work.”
Peter Marino – “There’s a very important aspect to all my work, now more than ev…”
Peter Marino best Architecture Quotes – “There’s a very important aspect to all my work, now more than ever, which is tying the interior design and architecture with the art.”
Kenzo Tange – “Technological considerations are of great importance to architect…”
Kenzo Tange best Architecture Quotes – “Technological considerations are of great importance to architecture and cities in the informational society.”
Tadao Ando – “Since I am a Japanese man who’s been building through the experien…”
Tadao Ando best Architecture Quotes – “Since I am a Japanese man who’s been building through the experience of Japanese architecture, my actual designs come from Japanese architectural concepts, although they’re based on Western methods and materials.”
Moshe Safdie – “Architecture is changing faster than some other professions.…”
Moshe Safdie best Architecture Quotes – “Architecture is changing faster than some other professions.”
Jean Nouvel – “I think architecture has to be a gift.…”
Jean Nouvel best Architecture Quotes – “I think architecture has to be a gift.”
Herbert A. Simon – “Engineering, medicine, business, architecture and painting a…”
Herbert A. Simon best Architecture Quotes – “Engineering, medicine, business, architecture and painting are concerned not with the necessary but with the contingent – not with how things are but with how they might be – in short, with design.”
Paul Rand – “If I was influenced by anything, it was architecture: structure hav…”
Paul Rand best Architecture Quotes – “If I was influenced by anything, it was architecture: structure having to do with logic. If you don’t do it right, the whole thing is going to cave in. In a certain sense, you can carry that to graphic design. Fortunately, however, nobody is going to die if you do it wrong.”
Louis Kahn – “If people want to see Beaux-Arts, it’s fine with me. I’m intereste…”
Louis Kahn best Architecture Quotes – “If people want to see Beaux-Arts, it’s fine with me. I’m interested in good architecture as anybody else.”
Rem Koolhaas – “There’s nothing Dutch about my architecture.…”
Rem Koolhaas best Architecture Quotes – “There’s nothing Dutch about my architecture.”
Frank Gehry – “Architecture has always been a very idealistic profession. It’s a…”
Frank Gehry best Architecture Quotes – “Architecture has always been a very idealistic profession. It’s about making the world a better place, and it works over the generations because people go on vacation and they look for it.”
Alan Bennett – “I didn’t even have a clear idea of why I wanted to go to Oxford …”
Alan Bennett best Architecture Quotes – “I didn’t even have a clear idea of why I wanted to go to Oxford – apart from the fact I had fallen in love with the architecture. It certainly wasn’t out of some great sense of academic or intellectual achievement. In many ways, my education only began after I’d left university.”
Bernard Tschumi – “I never talked about architecture with my father, which I reg…”
Bernard Tschumi best Architecture Quotes – “I never talked about architecture with my father, which I regret.”
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe – “Not yesterday, not tomorrow, only today can be given…”
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe best Architecture Quotes – “Not yesterday, not tomorrow, only today can be given form. Only this architecture creates.”