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Top 300 Most Famous Architecture Quotes of All Time

In addressing a task, one almost always has several possible options, sometimes only a few, and they may all be practical and functional. But they lack the aesthetic aspect that raises it to architecture. -Arne Jacobsen
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. -Thom Mayne
Architecture is inhabited sculpture. -Constantin Brancusi
And when an architect has designed a house with large windows, which is a necessity today in order to pull the daylight into these very deep houses, then curtains come to play a big role in architecture. -Arne Jacobsen
Of the individual poems, some are more lyric and some are more descriptive or narrative. Each poem is fixed in a moment. All those moments written or read together take on the movement and architecture of a narrative. -Marilyn Hacker
I don’t know why I’ve always been so captivated by architecture. -Tim Gunn
The two elements the traveler first captures in the big city are extra human architecture and furious rhythm. Geometry and anguish. -Federico Garcia Lorca
It was the drawing that led me to architecture, the search for light and astonishing forms. -Oscar Niemeyer
I search for surprise in my architecture. A work of art should cause the emotion of newness. -Oscar Niemeyer
Trying to describe something musical is like dancing to architecture, it’s really difficult. -Robert Palmer
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. -Frank Gehry
In fact, it will be very easy to climb the building because of its shape and architecture. -Alain Robert
Charles was very intent to use his years as Prince of Wales to make his mark while he still had freedom of maneuver that he wouldn’t have as King. The first subject he really went for was architecture. It made an impact. -Anthony Holden
Architecture in general is frozen music. -Friedrich von Schelling(Architecture Quotes)
Painting, sculpture and architecture are finished, but the art habit continues. -Robert Smithson
Bridges are perhaps the most invisible form of public architecture. -Bruce Jackson
I believe very strongly, and have fought since many years ago – at least over 30 years ago – to get architecture not just within schools, but architecture talked about under history, geography, science, technology, art. -Richard Rogers
My house is my refuge, an emotional piece of architecture, not a cold piece of convenience. -Luis Barragan
We all love musical architecture there’s no doubt about that. -Levon Helm
All those involved in the construction of an architectural design, from the architect to the builder, have an attachment to the architecture, although it’s difficult to quantify the attachment. -Tadao Ando
Japanese architecture is traditionally based on wooden structures that need renovating on a regular basis. -Tadao Ando
Spiritual space is lost in gaining convenience. I saw the need to create a mixture of Japanese spiritual culture and modern western architecture. -Tadao Ando
The speed of change makes you wonder what will become of architecture. -Tadao Ando
Without this spirit, Modernist architecture cannot fully exist. Since there is often a mismatch between the logic and the spirit of Modernism, I use architecture to reconcile the two. -Tadao Ando
Italy is full of historical buildings. And Europe holds a great history of philosophy from Greece until today. I read all those books and see these buildings, and I think of where I stand when I design my architecture. -Tadao Ando
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