Any work of architecture that has with it some discussion, some polemic, I think is good. It shows that people are interested, people are involved.
Richard Meier
There will never be great architects or great architecture without great patrons.
Edwin Lutyens
The architecture of our future is not only unfinished the scaffolding has hardly gone up.
George Lamming
The dialogue of architecture has been centered too long around the idea of truth.
Michael Graves
The rules of navigation never navigated a ship. The rules of architecture never built a house.
Thomas Reid
Each new situation requires a new architecture.
Jean Nouvel
I like to play with architecture! It’s my favorite game.
Jean Nouvel
I think architecture has to be a gift.
Jean Nouvel
What is being called the UN ‘gender architecture’ is more like a shack. Women need a bigger global house if equality is ever to become a reality.
Charlotte Bunch
Architecture is politics.
Mitchell Kapor
There is a lot of interest in the arts, music, theatre, filmmaking, engineering, architecture and software design. I think we have now transitioned the modern-day version of the entrepreneur into the creative economy.
John Baldacci
What has happened to architecture since the second world war that the only passers-by who can contemplate it without pain are those equipped with a white stick and a dog?
Bernard Levin
I like things that are kind of eclectic, when one thing doesn’t go with another. That’s why I love Rome. The town itself is that way. It’s where Fascist architecture meets classic Renaissance, where the ancient bangs up against the contemporary. It has a touch of everything. That’s my style, and that’s what my work is about.
Giambattista Valli
First, there is the bare beauty of the logs themselves with their long lines and firm curves. Then there is the open charm felt of the structural features which are not hidden under plaster and ornament, but are clearly revealed, a charm felt in Japanese architecture.
Gustav Stickley
I feel however, that we architects have a special duty and mission… (to contribute) to the socio-cultural development of architecture and urban planning.
Kenzo Tange