I see architecture not as Gropius did, as a moral venture, as truth, but as invention, in the same way that poetry or music or painting is invention. Use this quote
Architecture in general is frozen music. Use this quote
Architecture is about public space held by buildings. Use this quote
For many years, I have lived uncomfortably with the belief that most planning and architectural design suffers for lack of real and basic purpose. The ultimate purpose, it seems to me, must be the improvement of mankind. Use this quote
Winning a competition in architecture is a ticket to oblivion. It's just an idea. Ninety-nine per cent never get built. Use this quote
I see music as fluid architecture. Use this quote
There will never be great architects or great architecture without great patrons. Use this quote
I feel however, that we architects have a special duty and mission... (to contribute) to the socio-cultural development of architecture and urban planning. Use this quote
I believe that the way people live can be directed a little by architecture. Use this quote
I mean, certainly writing, painting, photography, dance, architecture, there is an aspect of almost every art form that is useful and that merges into film in some way. Use this quote
I could be happy doing something like architecture. It would involve another couple of years of graduate school, but that's what I studied in college. That's what I always wanted to do. Use this quote
I take a lot from everywhere. I take from music, architecture, novels, and plays. Anywhere that hits you. Use this quote
Look, architecture has a lot of places to hide behind, a lot of excuses. 'The client made me do this.' 'The city made me do this.' 'Oh, the budget.' I don't believe that anymore. Use this quote
But after the time there I'd had it with fashion again, so I left to go to architecture school in a summer course at Harvard, which didn't last very long. Use this quote
Buildings should serve people, not the other way around. Use this quote
Architecture is a visual art, and the buildings speak for themselves. Use this quote
Each new situation requires a new architecture. Use this quote
The mother art is architecture. Without an architecture of our own we have no soul of our own civilization. Use this quote
I was going to be an architect. I graduated with a degree in architecture and I had a scholarship to go back to Princeton and get my Masters in architecture. I'd done theatricals in college, but I'd done them because it was fun. Use this quote
Architecture is basically a container of something. I hope they will enjoy not so much the teacup, but the tea. Use this quote
