Architecture is not an inspirational business, it's a rational procedure to do sensible and hopefully beautiful things; that's all. Use this quote
But the building's identity resided in the ornament. Use this quote
Talking about music is like dancing about architecture. Use this quote
You might say that when you step inside, you're entering a honorific space, but that's something totally different than experiencing it. And in architecture the experience comes first. That has the deepest effect on us. Use this quote
Today's developer is a poor substitute for the committed entrepreneur of the last century for whom the work of architecture represented a chance to celebrate the worth of his enterprise. Use this quote
To create architecture is to put in order. Put what in order? Function and objects. Use this quote
I studied architecture in New York. So, really I was very moved, like everyone else, to try to contribute something that has that resonance and profundity of it means to all of us. Use this quote
A house is a machine for living in. Use this quote
An important work of architecture will create polemics. Use this quote
I could have been an architect, but I don't think I'd have been very happy. Nearly all modern architecture is a silly game as far as I can see. 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
Form follows profit is the aesthetic principle of our times. Use this quote
An architect's most useful tools are an eraser at the drafting board, and a wrecking bar at the site. 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
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
They can do without architecture who have no olives nor wines in the cellar. Use this quote
Poetry is not only dream and vision; it is the skeleton architecture of our lives. It lays the foundations for a future of change, a bridge across our fears of what has never been before. Use this quote
Information and inspiration are everywhere... history, art, architecture, everything an illustrator needs. Europe is, after all, the land that has generated most of the enduring myths and legends of Western culture. Use this quote
Noble life demands a noble architecture for noble uses of noble men. Lack of culture means what it has always meant: ignoble civilization and therefore imminent downfall. Use this quote
The aesthetic of architecture has to be rooted in a broader idea about human activities like walking, relaxing and communicating. Architecture thinks about how these activities can be given added value. Use this quote
