Author: Mario Botta

Quotes

A museum is a spiritual place. People lower their voices when they get close to art.

A museum is a spiritual place. People lower their voices when they get close to art.

- Mario Botta

To me it was fascinating, the idea of going to university and studying a subject - architecture - that I had already faced in building some small houses.

To me it was fascinating, the idea of going to university and studying a subject - architecture - that I had already faced in building some small houses.

- Mario Botta

Church architecture describes visually the idea of the sacred, which is a fundamental need of man.

Church architecture describes visually the idea of the sacred, which is a fundamental need of man.

- Mario Botta

I wanted to design a museum in which everything would seem clear.

I wanted to design a museum in which everything would seem clear.

- Mario Botta

For me, architecture is not just creating a space to protect people but to make them dream as well.

For me, architecture is not just creating a space to protect people but to make them dream as well.

- Mario Botta

I want to modernize the ancient. I prefer to work with materials formed naturally over thousands of years.

I want to modernize the ancient. I prefer to work with materials formed naturally over thousands of years.

- Mario Botta

Great architecture of the past was always clear. SFMOMA is still a simple building to understand.

Great architecture of the past was always clear. SFMOMA is still a simple building to understand.

- Mario Botta

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