I paint mostly from real life. It has to start with that. Real people, real street scenes, behind the curtain scenes, live models, paintings, photographs, staged setups, architecture, grids, graphic design. Whatever it takes to make it work. Use this quote
The Egyptian contribution to architecture was more concerned with remembering the dead than the living. Use this quote
A man of eighty has outlived probably three new schools of painting, two of architecture and poetry and a hundred in dress. Use this quote
Warmth isn't what minimalists are thought to have. Use this quote
We think of enterprise architecture as the process we use for fully describing and mapping business functionality and business requirements and relating them to information systems requirements. Use this quote
It is not with architecture that one can disseminate any political ideology. Use this quote
Architecture and building is about how you get around the obstacles that are presented to you. That sometimes determines how successful you'll be: How good are you at going around obstacles? Use this quote
Every one who has a heart, however ignorant of architecture he may be, feels the transcendent beauty and poetry of the mediaeval churches. Use this quote
If a building becomes architecture, then it is art. Use this quote
No architect troubled to design houses that suited people who were to live in them, because that would have meant building a whole range of different houses. It was far cheaper and, above all, timesaving to make them identical. Use this quote
My passion and great enjoyment for architecture, and the reason the older I get the more I enjoy it, is because I believe we - architects - can effect the quality of life of the people. Use this quote
Japanese architecture is very much copied in this country and in Europe. Use this quote
The process I go through in the art and the architecture, I actually want it to be almost childlike. Sometimes I think it's magical. Use this quote
We require from buildings two kinds of goodness: first, the doing their practical duty well: then that they be graceful and pleasing in doing it. Use this quote
Architecture tends to consume everything else, it has become one's entire life. Use this quote
Architecture theory is very interesting. Use this quote
Those who look for the laws of Nature as a support for their new works collaborate with the creator. Use this quote
After World War II great strides were made in modern Japanese architecture, not only in advanced technology, allowing earthquake resistant tall buildings, but expressing and infusing characteristics of traditional Japanese architecture in modern buildings. Use this quote
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The intellectual force of the West is still dominant, but other cultures are getting stronger. I expect that we will develop a new way of thinking in architecture and urban planning, and that less will be based on our models. Use this quote
