Top 60 Quotes by Richard Rogers

About Richard Rogers

These are some quotes by British author Richard Rogers Architect, who was born on July 23, 1933.

Architecture is always political.

Architecture is always political.

Richard Rogers

I think greed is a critical problem - the gap between the poor and the rich. The gap between the top 10 percent and the bottom 10 percent.

I think greed is a critical problem - the gap between the poor and the rich. The gap between the top 10 percent and the bottom 10 percent.

Richard Rogers

I had lots of trouble in school as a child, and I lost confidence. Teachers thought I was stupid. I learned to read very late, when I was 11. Dyslexia wasn't recognized then, and the assumption was you were incapable of thinking.

Richard Rogers

Society has to get a grip and put a tax on carbon. Of course, there is much that flows from that, and it is a complex situation. The small details of something such as climate change are political and social, and they are a lot about fairness and how we rebalance towards a fairer society.

Richard Rogers

Watching TV on your own is not very inspiring. But meeting people is where you get new ideas and get things done.

Watching TV on your own is not very inspiring. But meeting people is where you get new ideas and get things done.

Richard Rogers

So I think that, yes, anything that makes it more palatable and easier to understand, such as a Virtual Centre, has to be seen as a primary activity within the educational and information global state.

Richard Rogers

I like the idea of trying to influence society by taking a brief, then maybe subtly changing it or looking at it in a new way to see what interesting things can emerge.

I like the idea of trying to influence society by taking a brief, then maybe subtly changing it or looking at it in a new way to see what interesting things can emerge.

Richard Rogers

My architecture tends to be legible, light and flexible. You can read it. You look at a building, and you can see how it is constructed. I put the structure outside.

My architecture tends to be legible, light and flexible. You can read it. You look at a building, and you can see how it is constructed. I put the structure outside.

Richard Rogers

There is a Jewish tradition of family, too, but then not all Italian or Jewish families are close.

There is a Jewish tradition of family, too, but then not all Italian or Jewish families are close.

Richard Rogers

In Florence, classical buildings sit against medieval buildings. It's that contrast we like.

In Florence, classical buildings sit against medieval buildings. It's that contrast we like.

Richard Rogers

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