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ArchitectureInvite to Architecture Quotes, the ultimate source for inspirational and also thought-provoking quotes about architecture. Here you will find quotes from a few of the globe's most distinguished designers, from the old Greeks to the modern day. Whether you are looking for a quote to motivate your next project, or simply wish to discover the appeal of architecture, this is the place to start. With a variety of subjects, from the history of architecture to the most recent fads, you make certain to locate something to stimulate your creativity. So, come check out the world of architecture and locate the best quote to motivate you.
Small: Buildings should serve people, not the other way around
John Portman
"Buildings should serve people, not the other way around"
John Portman, Architect
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Small: In any architecture, there is an equity between the pragmatic function and the symbolic function
Michael Graves
"In any architecture, there is an equity between the pragmatic function and the symbolic function"
Michael Graves, Architect
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Small: Every great architect is - necessarily - a great poet. He must be a great original interpreter of his time, hi
Frank Lloyd Wright
"Every great architect is - necessarily - a great poet. He must be a great original interpreter of his time, his day, his age"
Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect
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Small: To provide meaningful architecture is not to parody history but to articulate it
Daniel Libeskind
"To provide meaningful architecture is not to parody history but to articulate it"
Daniel Libeskind, Architect
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Small: The loftier the building, the deeper must the foundation be laid
Thomas Kempis
"The loftier the building, the deeper must the foundation be laid"
Thomas Kempis, Writer
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Small: Architecture is the reaching out for the truth
"Architecture is the reaching out for the truth"
Louis Kahn, Architect
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Small: It is not the beauty of a building you should look at its the construction of the foundation that will stand t
"It is not the beauty of a building you should look at; its the construction of the foundation that will stand the test of time"
David Allan Coe, Musician
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Small: Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness
"Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness"
Frank Gehry, Architect
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Small: A building has integrity just like a man. And just as seldom
Ayn Rand
"A building has integrity just like a man. And just as seldom"
Ayn Rand, Writer
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Small: Warmth isnt what minimalists are thought to have
"Warmth isn't what minimalists are thought to have"
Maya Lin, Architect
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Small: To me, a building - if its beautiful - is the love of one man, hes made it out of his love for space, material
"To me, a building - if it's beautiful - is the love of one man, he's made it out of his love for space, materials, things like that"
Martha Graham, Dancer
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Small: Architects in the past have tended to concentrate their attention on the building as a static object.
John Portman
"Architects in the past have tended to concentrate their attention on the building as a static object. I believe dynamics are more important: the dynamics of people, their interaction with spaces and environmental condition"
John Portman, Architect
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Small: An architects most useful tools are an eraser at the drafting board, and a wrecking bar at the site
Frank Lloyd Wright
"An architect's most useful tools are an eraser at the drafting board, and a wrecking bar at the site"
Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect
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Small: Architecture is the art of how to waste space
Philip Johnson
"Architecture is the art of how to waste space"
Philip Johnson, Architect
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Small: If I have a style, I am not aware of it
Michael Graves
"If I have a style, I am not aware of it"
Michael Graves, Architect
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Small: Cities are the greatest creations of humanity
Daniel Libeskind
"Cities are the greatest creations of humanity"
Daniel Libeskind, Architect
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Small: Architecture tends to consume everything else, it has become ones entire life
Arne Jacobsen
"Architecture tends to consume everything else, it has become one's entire life"
Arne Jacobsen, Architect
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Small: Less is more
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
"Less is more"
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Architect
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Small: Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together. There it begins
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
"Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together. There it begins"
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Architect
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Small: Architecture is the learned game, correct and magnificent, of forms assembled in the light
"Architecture is the learned game, correct and magnificent, of forms assembled in the light"
Le Corbusier, Architect
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Small: A house is a machine for living in
"A house is a machine for living in"
Le Corbusier, Architect
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Small: Every building is a prototype. No two are alike
"Every building is a prototype. No two are alike"
Helmut Jahn, Architect
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Small: A city building, you experience when you walk a suburban building, you experience when you drive
"A city building, you experience when you walk; a suburban building, you experience when you drive"
Helmut Jahn, Architect
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Small: The higher the building the lower the morals
"The higher the building the lower the morals"
Noel Coward, Playwright
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Small: A great building must begin with the unmeasurable, must go through measurable means when it is being designed
"A great building must begin with the unmeasurable, must go through measurable means when it is being designed and in the end must be unmeasurable"
Louis Kahn, Architect
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Small: Designed by architects with honorable intentions but hands of palsy
"Designed by architects with honorable intentions but hands of palsy"
Jimmy Breslin, Entertainer
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Small: Architecture is not an inspirational business, its a rational procedure to do sensible and hopefully beautiful
Harry Seidler
"Architecture is not an inspirational business, it's a rational procedure to do sensible and hopefully beautiful things; that's all"
Harry Seidler, Architect
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Small: The Romans were not inventors of the supporting arch, but its extended use in vaults and intersecting barrel s
Harry Seidler
"The Romans were not inventors of the supporting arch, but its extended use in vaults and intersecting barrel shapes and domes is theirs"
Harry Seidler, Architect
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Small: Building art is a synthesis of life in materialised form. We should try to bring in under the same hat not a s
"Building art is a synthesis of life in materialised form. We should try to bring in under the same hat not a splintered way of thinking, but all in harmony together"
Alvar Aalto, Architect
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Small: At a certain point, I just put the building and the art impulse together. I decided that building was a legiti
"At a certain point, I just put the building and the art impulse together. I decided that building was a legitimate way to make sculpture"
Martin Puryear, Sculptor
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Small: The work of art shows people new directions and thinks of the future. The house thinks of the present
"The work of art shows people new directions and thinks of the future. The house thinks of the present"
Adolf Loos, Architect
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Small: Architecture arouses sentiments in man. The architects task therefore, is to make those sentiments more precis
"Architecture arouses sentiments in man. The architect's task therefore, is to make those sentiments more precise"
Adolf Loos, Architect
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Small: Dont clap too hard - its a very old building
"Don't clap too hard - it's a very old building"
John Osborne, Playwright
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Small: We build buildings which are terribly restless. And buildings dont go anywhere. They shouldnt be restless
"We build buildings which are terribly restless. And buildings don't go anywhere. They shouldn't be restless"
Minoru Yamasaki, Architect
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Small: My buildings dont speak in words but by means of their own spaciousness
Thom Mayne
"My buildings don't speak in words but by means of their own spaciousness"
Thom Mayne, Architect
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Small: Even at the United Nations, where legend has it that the building was designed so that there could be no corne
"Even at the United Nations, where legend has it that the building was designed so that there could be no corner offices, the expanse of glass in individual offices is said to be a dead giveaway as to rank. Five windows are excellent, one window not so great"
Enid Nemy
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Small: Architecture is basically a container of something. I hope they will enjoy not so much the teacup, but the tea
"Architecture is basically a container of something. I hope they will enjoy not so much the teacup, but the tea"
Yoshio Taniguchi, Architect
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Small: For many years, I have lived uncomfortably with the belief that most planning and architectural design suffers
"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"
James Rouse, Businessman
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Small: Those who look for the laws of Nature as a support for their new works collaborate with the creator
"Those who look for the laws of Nature as a support for their new works collaborate with the creator"
Antonio Gaudi, Architect
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Small: But the buildings identity resided in the ornament
"But the building's identity resided in the ornament"
Louis Sullivan, Architect
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