It was always my goal to 'up the ante' on good design and rye devoted much of my career to this Michael Graves More Quotes by Michael Graves More Quotes From Michael Graves My favorite project is always the next one. Michael Graves next design work Architecture is not all about the design of the building and nothing else, it is also about the cultural setting and the ambience, the whole affair. Michael Graves affair design architecture If I have a style, I am not aware of it. Michael Graves style architecture ifs In any architecture, there is an equity between the pragmatic function and the symbolic function. Michael Graves equity function architecture I once got a postcard from a French poet who wrote - "you don't know me but I'm always very grumpy when I get up in morning. But when I get up now I put the tea kettle on, and when it starts to sing it makes me smile - goddamn you!" That's what happened when we first designed it - we got a lot of mail. Michael Graves mail tea morning Architectural and product designs have a narrative capacity - you can start to tell a story about them and imagine a lot of things. Michael Graves narrative design stories The design of the building addresses the public nature of both the urban context and the internal program. In order to reinforce the building's associative or mimetic qualities, the facades are organized in a classical three-part division of base, middle or body, and attic or head. Michael Graves design quality order I have no requirements for a style of architecture. Michael Graves requirements style architecture I wouldn't have been a health care nut if it hadn't been for my paralysis, so something good came from this. Michael Graves care health nuts I learned in architecture that you have to have a real plan. You have to have a client, they have to have distribution, start-up money, and have a vision of where it's going to go. All this has to be settled before you start, or else your work is just a story. Michael Graves vision real stories I've always believed that what can make a domestic setting truly home is the infusion of a cultural dimension. Michael Graves infusion dimensions home I stayed true to what I thought was good design no matter who it was for. Michael Graves good-design design matter I don't care what people call me, labels have the negative value of making smaller boundaries for people. Michael Graves labels people negative 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 good-day design feel-good In America, writers are afforded the freedom to express themselves in unlimited manners. Creative liberty is a privilege. Michael Graves liberty creative america I have architects write to me and ask me: How do you - and what do you do to - design the magic thing? I answer that very carefully. It's not necessarily about what you do, but the clients you do it for. You should write to Target, not me. Michael Graves magic design writing The Alessi relationship and the Target one has broadened the role of architects in society and broadened the concept that design belongs to everyone. Michael Graves target design roles I don't believe in morality in architecture. Michael Graves morality architecture believe Architects love to rethink a project - that's what we do. If something is successful, like a house or a kettle, in this case, it's a great compliment when someone wants another one. Michael Graves successful house want The dialogue of architecture has been centered too long around the idea of truth. Michael Graves architecture long ideas
