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 measured against the past; you build in the future, and you try to imagine the future.

Architecture is measured against the past; you build in the future, and you try to imagine the future.

Richard Rogers

My mother was very family-oriented. And I do love being with my children.

My mother was very family-oriented. And I do love being with my children.

Richard Rogers

The only way forward, if we are going to improve the quality of the environment, is to get everybody involved.

The only way forward, if we are going to improve the quality of the environment, is to get everybody involved.

Richard Rogers

I think you could make a completely Virtual Centre, though I have a general feeling, and maybe because I am getting very old, that you still need face to face.

I think you could make a completely Virtual Centre, though I have a general feeling, and maybe because I am getting very old, that you still need face to face.

Richard Rogers

Clearly, private developers can have different aims, and architects can only play a certain role. You can have some pretty big battles on public commissions, too. The key is to have a good client.

Clearly, private developers can have different aims, and architects can only play a certain role. You can have some pretty big battles on public commissions, too. The key is to have a good client.

Richard Rogers

There is no one-size-fits-all solution to the challenges facing our cities or to the housing crisis, but the two issues need to be considered together. From an urban design and planning point of view, the well-connected open city is a powerful paradigm and an engine for integration and inclusivity.

Richard Rogers

Architecture is always political.

Architecture is always political.

Richard Rogers

If you live in a squalid environment, then of course you are going to want to get out of it, you are probably going to want to get into the country, because that's what it does.

If you live in a squalid environment, then of course you are going to want to get out of it, you are probably going to want to get into the country, because that's what it does.

Richard Rogers

Cities depend on a healthy mix of uses and people for their vitality. As a pre-eminent world city, London is a magnet to people from across the globe.

Cities depend on a healthy mix of uses and people for their vitality. As a pre-eminent world city, London is a magnet to people from across the globe.

Richard Rogers

If I remember rightly Holland for instance has something like 45, and it's a much smaller country. In comparison we have very few and they are very badly financed.

If I remember rightly Holland for instance has something like 45, and it's a much smaller country. In comparison we have very few and they are very badly financed.

Richard Rogers

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