Of course I know very little about architecture, and the older I get the less I know. Richard Rogers architectureold Change image and share on social
There are a lot of questions about whether architecture is art. The people who ask that think pretty tract houses are architecture. But that doesn't hold up. Frank Gehry architecturearthold Change image and share on social
I don't want to do architecture that's dry and dull. Frank Gehry architecturedullspin-dry Change image and share on social
Organic architecture seeks superior sense of use and a finer sense of comfort, expressed in organic simplicity. Frank Lloyd Wright architecturecomfortexpress Change image and share on social
I feel I can handle the architecture of dance as well as anybody. Twyla Tharp architecturedancefeel Change image and share on social
Architecture is a negotiated art, and it's highly political, and if you want to make buildings, there is diplomacy required. Thom Mayne architectureartbuilding Change image and share on social
I have a preference for rough architecture, real, inexpensive, unfinished. Thom Mayne architectureinexpensivepreference Change image and share on social
You might say that when you step inside, you're entering a honorific space, but that's something totally different than experiencing it. And in architecture the experience comes first. That has the deepest effect on us. Thom Mayne architecturedeepeffect share on social
I'm often called an old-fashioned modernist. But the modernists had the absurd idea that architecture could heal the world. That's impossible. And today nobody expects architects to have these grand visions any more. Thom Mayne absurdarchitectarchitecture share on social
Prediction is structurally inseparable from the business of punditry: It creates the essential image of indefatigable authority that is punditry's very architecture; it flows from that calcified image, and it provides the substance for the story that keeps getting told about the inevitability of American progress. Rick Perlstein americanarchitectureauthority share on social