The difference between good and bad architecture is the time you spend on it. David Chipperfield architecturebaddifference Change image and share on social
Concrete you can mold, you can press it into - after all, you haven't any straight lines in your body. Why should we have straight lines in our architecture? You'd be surprised when you go into a room that has no straight line - how marvelous it is that you can feel the walls talking back to you, as it were. Philip Johnson architecturebackbody share on social
There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds. Gilbert K. Chesterton architecturecastlecloud Change image and share on social
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 ancientarchitecturebang share on social
Once you learn to look at architecture not merely as an art more or less well or more or less badly done, but as a social manifestation, the critical eye becomes clairvoyant. Louis Sullivan architectureartbadly Change image and share on social
The English light is so very subtle, so very soft and misty, that the architecture responded with great delicacy of detail. Stephen Gardiner architecturedelicacydetail Change image and share on social
Of all the lessons most relevant to architecture today, Japanese flexibility is the greatest. Stephen Gardiner architectureflexibilitygreat Change image and share on social
I would've been intrigued by being a film director. I would've been intrigued by politics. I thought about architecture. Charlie Rose architecturedirectorfilm Change image and share on social