In any architecture, there is an equity between the pragmatic function and the symbolic function. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes architecture equity function
Form must never trump function. Some objects are made to look so smooth, you don't know where to pick them up or how to turn them on. If I'm designing a garlic press or cheese grater, I need my hand to fit comfortably on it. I like to know, instinctively, how to use it. Michael Graves cheesecomfortablydesign share on social
You can never draw enough or read enough - reading about architecture, in other words. Michael Graves architecturedrawread Change image and share on social
Instead of using the machine as a metaphor for architecture, as Le Corbusier did, I use the human body. I want the public to know that it's them I'm designing for. Michael Graves architecturebodycorbusier Change image and share on social
By irreducibly complex I mean a single system composed of several well-matched, interacting parts that contribute to the basic function, wherein the removal of any one of the parts causes the system to effectively cease functioning. Michael Behe basicceasecomplex share on social
We have to base architecture on the environment. Toyo Ito architecturebaseenvironment Change image and share on social
I went to Northwestern in Chicago, in Evanston, and then I ended up trickling down in Chicago theater. I did a bunch of plays, but I was non-equity. For a lot of people, non-equity means you're not yet professional. But for me, if you're in a mainstream theater, you're doing something real. Denis O'Hare bunchchicagoend share on social