Light, God Use this quote
Post-Modernism was a reaction against Modernism. It came quite early to music and literature, and a little later to architecture. And I think it's still coming to computer science. Use this quote
Architecture is a slow business, and city planning even slower. Use this quote
Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space. Use this quote
I got into this little habit of architecture and building. I designed a house in Colorado and one in Hawaii. The idea is supposed to be build and sell - but then I can never bring myself to sell them. 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 not an inspirational business, it's a rational procedure to do sensible and hopefully beautiful things; that's all. Use this quote
Trying to describe something musical is like dancing to architecture, it's really difficult. Use this quote
Writing about music is like dancing about architecture. Use this quote
Art is very tricky because it's what you do for yourself. It's much harder for me to make those works than the monuments or the architecture. Use this quote
The British political system and the whole clapped out Westminster architecture, and the language that we use about politics, it's completely unsustainable. You either decide to be part of that transition to do something different. Or you cling to old certainties. Use this quote
Switzerland is a small, steep country, much more up and down than sideways, and is all stuck over with large brown hotels built on the cuckoo clock style of architecture. Use this quote
I search for surprise in my architecture. A work of art should cause the emotion of newness. Use this quote
The Romans were not inventors of the supporting arch, but its extended use in vaults and intersecting barrel shapes and domes is theirs. Use this quote
Architecture begins where engineering ends. Use this quote
I probably spent the first 20 years of my life wanting to be as American as possible. Through my 20s, and into my 30s, I began to become aware of how so much of my art and architecture has a decidedly Eastern character. Use this quote
I love building spaces: architecture, furniture, all of it, probably more than fashion. The development procedure is more tactile. It's about space and form and it's something you can share with other people. Use this quote
I take a lot from everywhere. I take from music, architecture, novels, and plays. Anywhere that hits you. Use this quote
But I absolutely believe that architecture is a social activity that has to do with some sort of communication or places of interaction, and that to change the environment is to change behaviour. Use this quote
A house is a machine for living in. Use this quote
