Author: Michael Graves

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I see architecture not as Gropius did, as a moral venture, as truth, but as invention, in the same way that poetry or music or painting is invention.

I see architecture not as Gropius did, as a moral venture, as truth, but as invention, in the same way that poetry or music or painting is invention.

- Michael Graves

I don't believe in morality in architecture.

I don't believe in morality in architecture.

- Michael Graves

It was always my goal to 'up the ante' on good design, and I've devoted much of my career to this.

It was always my goal to 'up the ante' on good design, and I've devoted much of my career to this.

- Michael Graves

I have no requirements for a style of architecture.

I have no requirements for a style of architecture.

- Michael Graves

In any architecture, there is an equity between the pragmatic function and the symbolic function.

In any architecture, there is an equity between the pragmatic function and the symbolic function.

- Michael Graves

I believe well-designed places and objects can actually improve healing, while poor design can inhibit it.

I believe well-designed places and objects can actually improve healing, while poor design can inhibit it.

- Michael Graves

The dialogue of architecture has been centered too long around the idea of truth.

The dialogue of architecture has been centered too long around the idea of truth.

- Michael Graves

You can never draw enough or read enough - reading about architecture, in other words.

You can never draw enough or read enough - reading about architecture, in other words.

- Michael Graves

When I design a building, I'm making sure you and I can get to the front door, there's enough of a threshold for entry, and that the rooms are in a logical sequence.

When I design a building, I'm making sure you and I can get to the front door, there's enough of a threshold for entry, and that the rooms are in a logical sequence.

- Michael Graves

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