Top 485 Architecture Quotes

Talking about music is like dancing about architecture.

Talking about music is like dancing about architecture.

Steve Martin

I see architecture not as Gropius did, as a moral venture, as truth, but as invention, in the same way that poetry or music or painting is invention.

I see architecture not as Gropius did, as a moral venture, as truth, but as invention, in the same way that poetry or music or painting is invention.

Michael Graves

The problem with digital architecture is that an algorithm can produce endless variations, so an architect has many choices.

The problem with digital architecture is that an algorithm can produce endless variations, so an architect has many choices.

Peter Eisenman

To me... San Francisco is an ideal city, intellectually stimulating and naturally beautiful. The oceans and forests are close enough to refresh the spirit; the architecture is always exciting.

To me... San Francisco is an ideal city, intellectually stimulating and naturally beautiful. The oceans and forests are close enough to refresh the spirit; the architecture is always exciting.

Ruth Bernhard

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.

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

Georgian architecture respected the scale of both the individual and the community.

Georgian architecture respected the scale of both the individual and the community.

Stephen Gardiner

I had it drummed into me from an early age that personalizing everything was not a good thing. Besides, I don't think that kind of commodity-driven system makes for the most productive architecture.

I had it drummed into me from an early age that personalizing everything was not a good thing. Besides, I don't think that kind of commodity-driven system makes for the most productive architecture.

James Polshek

I don't think architecture should be considered as an art form in the first instance. Whenever I say that, it makes people really angry. But this is a very political profession in the Grecian sense. I believe there have to be reasons for every building, and that the ideas should not be self-referential.

James Polshek

My buildings will be my legacy... they will speak for me long after I'm gone.

My buildings will be my legacy... they will speak for me long after I'm gone.

Julia Morgan

I am but an architectural composer.

I am but an architectural composer.

Alexander Jackson Davis

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