I don't build because I am an architect. I can make true architecture because I do not build. Leon Krier architectarchitecturebuild Change image and share on social
If a dictator takes up my ideas, the resulting town will survive the political system that commissioned it and stand as a social good. Besides, modernism rather than classicism has dominated the architecture of totalitarian regimes of both the left and right. Leon Krier architectureclassicismcommission share on social
I search for surprise in my architecture. A work of art should cause the emotion of newness. Oscar Niemeyer architectureartemotion Change image and share on social
It was the drawing that led me to architecture, the search for light and astonishing forms. Oscar Niemeyer architectureastonishdraw Change image and share on social
You are a victim of your own neural architecture which doesn't permit you to imagine anything outside of three dimensions. Even two dimensions. People know they can't visualise four or five dimensions, but they think they can close their eyes and see two dimensions. But they can't. Leonard Susskind architectureclosedimension share on social
One of my favorite vacation places is Miami, because of the people, the water and the beach - of course - and the architecture on Miami Beach is so wonderful. Oksana Baiul architecturebeachfavorite Change image and share on social
I've always been interested in art, architecture, color. Lee Radziwill architectureartcolor Change image and share on social
I got a New York designer to build my dream store here, which is a little bit of Florence in New York. It's like the Duomo on Madison. I got inspired by Santa Maria Novella and all the Renaissance architecture. Edgardo Osorio architecturebitebuild share on social
A world of few choices, whether in jeans or mates, is a world in which individual differences become sources of alienation, unhappiness, even self-loathing. If no jeans fit, you'll feel uncomfortable or inferior. If no housing developments reflect your taste for unique architecture, you'll write screeds against philistine mass culture. Virginia Postrel alienationarchitecturechoice share on social
Convinced as I am and as I am from my government that the world needs a new moral architecture over all I believe that this should be the first topic to debate in our world of today, ethics, moral. Hugo Chavez architectureconvincedebate Change image and share on social