“There will never be great architects or great architecture without great patrons.”
John Ruskin
“No architecture can be truly noble which is not imperfect.”
Alvar Aalto
“Architecture belongs to culture, not to civilization”
Walter Gropius
“Good architecture should be a projection of life itself, and that implies an intimate knowledge of biological, social, technical, and artistic problems.”
Ernest Dimnet
“Architecture, of all the arts, is the one which acts the most slowly, but the most surely, on the soul.”
Augustus W. N. Pugin
“In pure architecture the smallest detail should have a meaning or serve a purpose.”
Renzo Piano
“One of the greatest beauty of architecture is that each time it is like life starting all over again”
Frank Lloyd wright
“All fine architectural values are human values. Else not valuable.”
Louis I Kahn
“Architecture is the thoughtful making of space”
TadoAndo
“We borrow from nature, the space upon which we built “
Luis barragán
“Any work of architecture which does not express serenity is a mistake”
Bruno Munari
“A designer is a planner with an aesthetic sense.”
Frank Lloyd Wright
“An idea is salvation by imagination.”
Eileen Gray
“To create, one must first question everything.”
Norman Foster
“Architecture is an expression of values”
Julia Morgan
“Architecture is a visual art and the buildings speak for themselves”
Frank Lloyd Wright
“Architecture is the triumph of human imagination over materials, methods, and men, to put a man into possession of his own earth.”
Frank Gehry
“I don't know why people hire architects and then tell them what to do.”
Frank Gehry
“Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness.”
Brenda Laurel
“A design isn't finished until someone is using it.”
Louis Kahn
“A great building must begin with the immeasurable, must go through measurable means when it is being designed, and in the end must be unmeasured.”
Brian Reed
“Everything is designed. Few things are designed well.”
M. Pei
“Architecture is the very mirror of life. You only have to cast your eyes on buildings to feel the presence of the past, the spirit of a place; they are the reflection of society.”
“There will never be great architects or great architecture without great patrons.”