Winning a competition in architecture is a ticket to oblivion. It's just an idea. Ninety-nine per cent never get built. Daniel Libeskind architecturebuildcent Change image and share on social
Every time a student walks past a really urgent, expressive piece of architecture that belongs to his college, it can help reassure him that he does have that mind, does have that soul. Louis Kahn architecturebelongcollege Change image and share on social
It seems a fantastic paradox, but it is nevertheless a most important truth, that no architecture can be truly noble which is not imperfect. John Ruskin architecturefantasticimperfect Change image and share on social
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 architecturegropiusinvention Change image and share on social
Modern architecture needed to be part of an evolutionary, not a revolutionary, process. I. M. Pei architectureevolutionarymodern Change image and share on social
Architecture is a service business. An architect is given a program, budget, place, and schedule. Sometimes the end product rises to art - or at least people call it that. Frank Gehry architectarchitectureart Change image and share on social
In art or architecture your project is only done when you say it's done. If you want to rip it apart at the eleventh hour and start all over again, you never finish. I was one of those crazy creatures. Maya Lin architectureartcrazy share on social
I went to art school in Chicago for a year at Columbia College. I had this whole master plan of getting into sustainable development and green architecture and construction, so I wanted to go to business school and then get my masters in construction and development. Nico Tortorella architectureartbusiness share on social
The mother art is architecture. Without an architecture of our own we have no soul of our own civilization. Frank Lloyd Wright architectureartcivilization Change image and share on social
In architecture, you arrive so late. I look at doctors, lawyers I know, and they're all buying boats and bailing out at 62. My career is just getting started. Thom Mayne architecturearrivebail Change image and share on social
