Author: Michael Graves

Quotes

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

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

If I have a style, I am not aware of it.

If I have a style, I am not aware of it.

- Michael Graves

I don't believe in morality in architecture.

I don't believe in morality in architecture.

- Michael Graves

Good design to me is both appearance and functionality together. It's the experience that makes it good design.

Good design to me is both appearance and functionality together. It's the experience that makes it good design.

- 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

In designing hardware to be used every day, it was important to keep both the human aspects and the machine in mind. What looks good also often feels good.

In designing hardware to be used every day, it was important to keep both the human aspects and the machine in mind. What looks good also often feels good.

- 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

I taught at Princeton for 39 years, and the school of architecture on the campus is the worst building on the campus.

I taught at Princeton for 39 years, and the school of architecture on the campus is the worst building on the campus.

- Michael Graves

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