All architecture is shelter, all great architecture is the design of space that contains, cuddles, exalts, or stimulates the persons in that space. Philip Johnson architecturecuddledesign Change image and share on social
When I write now I do not invent situation, characters, or actions, but rather structures and discursive forms, textual groupings which are combined according to secret affinities among themselves, as in architecture or the plastic arts. Juan Goytisolo actionaffinityarchitecture share on social
Architecture can't fully represent the chaos and turmoil that are part of the human personality, but you need to put some of that turmoil into the architecture, or it isn't real. Frank Stella architecturechaosfully Change image and share on social
I'm not a religious person. But, when I look at a beautiful cathedral, what brings awe, what induces awe is the idea that architecture, you know, a beautiful cathedral, a beautiful building. Jason Silva architectureawebeautiful Change image and share on social
The art of dancing stands at the source of all the arts that express themselves first in the human person. The art of building, or architecture, is the beginning of all the arts that lie outside the person; and in the end they unite. Havelock Ellis architectureartbegin 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
Victorian architecture in the United States was copied straight from England. Stephen Gardiner architecturecopyengland Change image and share on social
Noble life demands a noble architecture for noble uses of noble men. Lack of culture means what it has always meant: ignoble civilization and therefore imminent downfall. Frank Lloyd Wright architecturecivilizationculture Change image and share on social
What's fascinating about D.C., the exteriors are these elaborate structures, this gorgeous architecture and beautiful stonework, and then you go inside and it's crap-looking - apart from the White House, which is beautiful. Tony Hale architecturebeautifulcrap share on social
Yet for my part, deeply as I am moved by the religious architecture of the Middle Ages, I cannot honestly say that I ever felt the slightest emotion in any modern Gothic church. Goldwin Smith agearchitecturechurch Change image and share on social