Topic: Architecture

Quotes

I don't build because I am an architect. I can make true architecture because I do not build.

I don't build because I am an architect. I can make true architecture because I do not build.

- Leon Krier

My house is my refuge, an emotional piece of architecture, not a cold piece of convenience.

My house is my refuge, an emotional piece of architecture, not a cold piece of convenience.

- Luis Barragan

Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space. Living, Changing, New. Not yesterday, not tomorrow, only today can be given form. Only such architecture is creative.

Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space. Living, Changing, New. Not yesterday, not tomorrow, only today can be given form. Only such architecture is creative.

- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

One of my favorite vacation places is Miami, because of the people, the water and the beach - of course - and the architecture on Miami Beach is so wonderful.

One of my favorite vacation places is Miami, because of the people, the water and the beach - of course - and the architecture on Miami Beach is so wonderful.

- Oksana Baiul

In architecture, Palladio is the game. It means hard thought all through - if it is labored, it fails.

In architecture, Palladio is the game. It means hard thought all through - if it is labored, it fails.

- Edwin Lutyens

People are moving into modes of participation and self-generation, which apply to everything from museums and television to architecture.

People are moving into modes of participation and self-generation, which apply to everything from museums and television to architecture.

- Jake Barton

I quit college. I was studying architecture for about a year.

I quit college. I was studying architecture for about a year.

- Barry Mann

I think architecture, to be really intense and fulfilling, doesn't have to be large.

I think architecture, to be really intense and fulfilling, doesn't have to be large.

- Steven Holl

I could have been an architect, but I don't think I'd have been very happy. Nearly all modern architecture is a silly game as far as I can see.

I could have been an architect, but I don't think I'd have been very happy. Nearly all modern architecture is a silly game as far as I can see.

- Roger Waters