Famous quotes by Architects

Small: I feel coming on a strange disease - humility
Frank Lloyd Wright
"I feel coming on a strange disease - humility"
Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect
Small: I believe totally in a Capitalist System, I only wish that someone would try it
Frank Lloyd Wright
"I believe totally in a Capitalist System, I only wish that someone would try it"
Frank Lloyd Wright, Architect
Small: The dialogue of architecture has been centered too long around the idea of truth
Michael Graves
"The dialogue of architecture has been centered too long around the idea of truth"
Michael Graves, Architect
Small: It was always my goal to up the ante on good design and rye devoted much of my career to this
Michael Graves
"It was always my goal to 'up the ante' on good design and rye devoted much of my career to this"
Michael Graves, Architect
Small: In designing hardware to be used every day, it was important to keep both the human aspects and the machine in
Michael Graves
"In designing hardware to be used every day, it was important to keep both the human aspects and the machine in mind. What looks good also often feels good"
Michael Graves, Architect
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
Small: I have no requirements for a style of architecture
Michael Graves
"I have no requirements for a style of architecture"
Michael Graves, Architect
Small: I dont care what people call me, labels have the negative value of making smaller boundaries for people
Michael Graves
"I don't care what people call me, labels have the negative value of making smaller boundaries for people"
Michael Graves, Architect
Small: I dont believe in morality in architecture
Michael Graves
"I don't believe in morality in architecture"
Michael Graves, Architect
Small: Im about four skyscrapers behind
Philip Johnson
"I'm about four skyscrapers behind"
Philip Johnson, Architect
Small: Architecture is the art of how to waste space
Philip Johnson
"Architecture is the art of how to waste space"
Philip Johnson, Architect
Small: I hate vacations. If you can build buildings, why sit on the beach?
Philip Johnson
"I hate vacations. If you can build buildings, why sit on the beach?"
Philip Johnson, Architect
Small: All architecture is shelter, all great architecture is the design of space that contains, cuddles, exalts, or
Philip Johnson
"All architecture is shelter, all great architecture is the design of space that contains, cuddles, exalts, or stimulates the persons in that space"
Philip Johnson, Architect
Small: The mystery is what prompted men to leave caves, to come out of the womb of nature
"The mystery is what prompted men to leave caves, to come out of the womb of nature"
Stephen Gardiner, Architect
Small: The Egyptian tomb was the outcome of the Mesopotamian influence and followed from the religious crisis the cou
"The Egyptian tomb was the outcome of the Mesopotamian influence and followed from the religious crisis the country had undergone"
Stephen Gardiner, Architect
Small: Of all the lessons most relevant to architecture today, Japanese flexibility is the greatest
"Of all the lessons most relevant to architecture today, Japanese flexibility is the greatest"
Stephen Gardiner, Architect
Small: Human requirements are the inspiration for art
"Human requirements are the inspiration for art"
Stephen Gardiner, Architect
Small: Up until the War of the Roses there had been continual conflict in England
"Up until the War of the Roses there had been continual conflict in England"
Stephen Gardiner, Architect
Small: The exterior cannot do without the interior since it is from this, as from life, that it derives much of its i
"The exterior cannot do without the interior since it is from this, as from life, that it derives much of its inspiration and character"
Stephen Gardiner, Architect
Small: The chief concern of the French Impressionists was the discovery of balance between light and dark
"The chief concern of the French Impressionists was the discovery of balance between light and dark"
Stephen Gardiner, Architect
Small: The American order reveals a method that was largely the outcome of material necessity, as exemplified by the
"The American order reveals a method that was largely the outcome of material necessity, as exemplified by the Colonial style and the grid"
Stephen Gardiner, Architect
Small: People like terra firma, and they should be allowed to walk where they wish
"People like terra firma, and they should be allowed to walk where they wish"
Stephen Gardiner, Architect
Small: Like flats of today, terraces of houses gained a certain anonymity from identical facades following identical
"Like flats of today, terraces of houses gained a certain anonymity from identical facades following identical floor plans and heights"
Stephen Gardiner, Architect
Small: In cities like Athens, poor houses lined narrow and tortuous streets in spite of luxurious public buildings
"In cities like Athens, poor houses lined narrow and tortuous streets in spite of luxurious public buildings"
Stephen Gardiner, Architect
Small: Stonehenge was built possibly by the Minoans. It presents one of mans first attempts to order his view of the
"Stonehenge was built possibly by the Minoans. It presents one of man's first attempts to order his view of the outside world"
Stephen Gardiner, Architect
Small: What people want, above all, is order
"What people want, above all, is order"
Stephen Gardiner, Architect
Small: The Industrial Revolution was another of those extraordinary jumps forward in the story of civilization
"The Industrial Revolution was another of those extraordinary jumps forward in the story of civilization"
Stephen Gardiner, Architect
Small: The corridor is hardly ever found in small houses, apart from the verandah, which also serves as a corridor
"The corridor is hardly ever found in small houses, apart from the verandah, which also serves as a corridor"
Stephen Gardiner, Architect
Small: It was only from an inner calm that man was able to discover and shape calm surroundings
"It was only from an inner calm that man was able to discover and shape calm surroundings"
Stephen Gardiner, Architect
Small: Houses mean a creation, something new, a shelter freed from the idea of a cave
"Houses mean a creation, something new, a shelter freed from the idea of a cave"
Stephen Gardiner, Architect