FAMOUS ARCHITECTS QOUTES & SAYING
$ood buildings come from good "eo"le, and all "roblems are solved by good design. S#e*"en Gardiner
It is not the beauty of a building you should look at; its the construction of the foundation that will stand the test of time. David Allan Coe
!y buildings will be my legacy... they will s"eak for me long after I(m gone. '%lia Mor!an
Time, Beauty, Beauty, Stand The mother art is architecture. architecture. Without Without an architecture of our own we have no soul of our own civilization. Frank Lloyd ri!"# rt, !other, Soul We sha"e our buildings; thereafter they sha"e us. in$#on C"%r"ill
ll architecture is shelter, all great architecture is the design of s"ace that contains, cuddles, e)alts, or stimulates the "ersons in that s"ace. +"ili* 'o"n$on rchitecture is a visual art, and the buildings s"eak for themselves. '%lia Mor!an *ess is more. L%d,i! Mie$ van der Ro"e
Buildings, Sha"e, Thereafter rchitecture should s"eak of its time and "lace, but yearn for timelessness. Frank Ge"ry
rchitecture is the learned game, correct and magni+cent, of forms assembled in the light. Le Cor-%$ier
Time, S"eak, S"eak, #earn #earn Whatever good things we build end u" building us. 'i( Ro"n
When you look at a"anese traditional architecture, architecture, you have to look at a"anese culture culture and its its relationshi" relationshi" with nature. #ou can actually live in a harmonious, close contact with nature & this very uni-ue to a"an. Tadao Ando
$ood, Building, Whatever great building must begin with the unmeasurable, must go through measurable means when it is being designed and in the end must be unmeasurable. Lo%i$ )a"n $reat, !eans, Building %very great architect is & necessarily & a great "oet. 'e must be a great original inter"reter of his time, his day, his age. Frank Lloyd ri!"# Time, $reat, $reat, ge
!ake big "lans; aim high in ho"e and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will not die, but long after we are gone be a living thing, asserting itself with ever& growing insistence. Daniel .%rn"a( I try to give "eo"le a dierent way of looking at their surroundings. That(s art to me. Maya Lin
rchitecture starts when you carefully "ut two bricks together. There it begins. L%d,i! Mie$ van der Ro"e Building art is a synthesis of life in materialised form. We should try to bring in under the same hat not a s"lintered way of thinking, but all in harmony together. Alvar Aal#o house is a machine for living in. Le Cor-%$ier I call architecture frozen music. 'o"ann ol/!an! von Goe#"e rchitecture begins where engineering ends. al#er Gro*i%$ /orm follows function. Lo%i$ S%llivan Those who look for the laws of 0ature as a su""ort for their new works collaborate with the creator. An#oni Ga%di rchitecture is the reaching out for the truth. Lo%i$ )a"n To "rovide meaningful architecture is not to "arody history but to articulate it. Daniel Li-e$kind
rchitecture is the art of how to waste s"ace. +"ili* 'o"n$on We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims. R0 .%k(in$#er F%ller
ll architecture is great architecture after sunset; "erha"s architecture is really a nocturnal art, like the art of +reworks 0 Gil-er# )0 C"e$#er#on I don(t build in order to have clients. I have clients in order to build. Ayn Rand I believe that the way "eo"le live can be directed a little by architecture 0 Tadao Ando !y house is my refuge, an emotional "iece of architecture, not a cold "iece of convenience 0 L%i$ .arra!an /orm follows "ro+t is the aesthetic "rinci"le of our times. Ri"ard Ro!er$ rchitects in the "ast have tended to concentrate their attention on the building as a static ob1ect. I believe dynamics are more im"ortant2 the dynamics of "eo"le, their interaction with s"aces and environmental condition. 'o"n +or#(an 3ome has not seen a modern building in more than half a century. It is a city frozen in time 0 Ri"ard Meier rchitects have made architecture too com"le). We need to sim"lify it and use a language that everyone can understand. Toyo I#o !y "assion and great en1oyment for architecture, and the reason the older I get the more I en1oy it, is because I believe we & architects & can eect the -uality of life of the "eo"le. Ri"ard Ro!er$
The dialogue between client and architect is about as intimate as any conversation you can have, because when you(re talking about building a house, you(re talking about dreams. Ro-er# A0 M0 S#ern But I absolutely believe that architecture is a social activity that has to do with some sort of communication or "laces of interaction, and that to change the environment is to change behaviour. T"o( Mayne
I love building s"aces2 architecture, furniture, all of it, "robably more than fashion. The develo"ment "rocedure is more tactile. It(s about s"ace and form and it(s something you can share with other "eo"le. Donna )aran The "rinci"le of the $othic architecture is in+nity made imaginable. Sa(%el Taylor Colerid!e ll the revision in the world will not save a bad +rst draft2 for the architecture of the thing comes, or fails to come, in the +rst conce"tion, and revision only aects the detail and ornament, alas4 T0 E0 La,rene %ach new situation re-uires a new architecture. 'ean No%vel
to make those sentiments more "recise. Adol/ Loo$ 5ainting, scul"ture and architecture are +nished, but the art habit continues0 Ro-er# S(i#"$on 0o architecture is so haughty as that which is sim"le. 'o"n R%$kin rchitects of grandeur are often the master builders of disillusionment. .ryan# H0 MGill rchitecture is basically a container of something. I ho"e they will en1oy not so much the teacu", but the tea. Yo$"io Tani!%"i 6olor in certain "laces has the great value of making the outlines and structural "lanes seem more energetic. An#oni Ga%di *ight, $od(s eldest daughter, is a "rinci"al beauty in a building. T"o(a$ F%ller S"ace has always been the s"iritual dimension of architecture. It is not the "hysical statement of the structure so much as what it contains that moves us. Ar#"%r Erik$on $reat buildings that move the s"irit have always been rare. In every case they are uni-ue, "oetic, "roducts of the heart. Ar#"%r Erik$on
0othing re-uires the architect(s care more than the due "ro"ortions of buildings. 1i#r%vi%$
Buildings should serve "eo"le, not the other way around. 'o"n +or#(an
rchitecture arouses sentiments in man. The architect(s task therefore, is
rchitecture is invention. O$ar Nie(eyer
I don(t divide architecture, landsca"e and gardening; to me they are one. L%i$ .arra!an Bridges are "erha"s the most invisible form of "ublic architecture. .r%e 'ak$on The ancient 3omans built their greatest master"ieces of architecture, their am"hitheaters, for wild beasts to +ght in. 1ol#aire The building(s identity resided in the ornament. Lo%i$ S%llivan rchitecture is inhabited scul"ture. Con$#an#in .ran%$i building has integrity 1ust like a man. nd 1ust as seldom. Ayn Rand To work in architecture you are so much involved with society, with "olitics, with bureaucrats. It(s a very com"licated "rocess to do large "ro1ects. #ou start to see the society, how it functions, how it works. Then you have a lot of criticism about how it works. Ai ei,ei The loftier the building, the dee"er must the foundation be laid. T"o(a$ a )e(*i$ structure becomes architectural, and not scul"tural, when its elements no longer have their 1usti+cation in nature. G%illa%(e A*ollinaire 6ities are the greatest creations of humanity. Daniel Li-e$kind
s architects we are often involved in the concrete&steel&and&glass as"ect of it, but cities are social structures, and to be involved in imagining the future of cities and the ty"e of relationshi"s and the ty"es of "laces that we(re making is something that intrigues me very much. Mi"ael Arad We re-uire from buildings two kinds of goodness2 +rst, the doing their "ractical duty well2 then that they be graceful and "leasing in doing it. 'o"n R%$kin rchitecture is not an ins"irational business, it(s a rational "rocedure to do sensible and ho"efully beautiful things; that(s all. Harry Seidler The 3omans were not inventors of the su""orting arch, but its e)tended use in vaults and intersecting barrel sha"es and domes is theirs. Harry Seidler
%very building is a "rototy"e. 0o two are alike. Hel(%# 'a"n s a designer, the mission with which we have been charged is sim"le2 "roviding s"ace at the right cost. Harry von 2ell 5ro"ortions are what makes the old $reek tem"les classic in their beauty. They are like huge blocks, from which the air has been literally hewn out between the columns. Arne 'ao-$en They can do without architecture who have no olives nor wines in the cellar. Henry David T"orea%
To me, a building & if it(s beautiful & is the love of one man, he(s made it out of his love for s"ace, materials, things like that. Mar#"a Gra"a( %ven though I build buildings and I "ursue my architecture, I "ursue it as an artist. I deliberately kee" a tiny
studio. I don(t want to be an architectural +rm. I want to remain an artist. Maya Lin We build buildings which are terribly restless. nd buildings don(t go anywhere. They shouldn(t be restless. Minor% Ya(a$aki
