Quotes by Architect You are the architect of the memories that others will have about you. Michael Hyatt architectmemories Who knows, maybe I am simply a talented architect? Moshe Safdie architectknows Until we become the architects of a society that is truly free and ecological, it will always seem that when the human brain is not adaptive, it is more often destructive than creative. Murray Bookchin architectcreativebrain My affection for CinemaScope initially was my affection for the horizontal line as I learned it from having been apprenticed to an architect who was someone named Frank Lloyd Wright. Nicholas Ray affectionarchitectlines If you weren’t an optimist, it would be impossible to be an architect. Norman Foster architectwould-beimpossible The marvelous pharmacy that was designed by nature and placed into our being by the universal architect produces most of the medicines we need. Norman Cousins architectmedicineneeds My work is not about "form follows function," but "form follows beauty" or, even better, "form follows feminine." Oscar Niemeyer feminine-beautyarchitectform I am a Brazilian before I am an architect. I cannot separate the two. Oscar Niemeyer architecttwo When engineers and quantity surveyors discuss aesthetics and architects study what cranes do we are on the right road. Ove Arup cranesarchitectstudy I almost rented a house by an architect named Schindler, but I couldn't afford it. It was a jewel Parker Stevenson architectjewelshouse [My father] was always saying I'd end up like my grandfather. Okay. My grandfather was an architect, I'm an architect. It's true, certain characteristics are similar. Paul Laffoley characteristicsarchitectfather Buildings should be good neighbours. Paul Thiry architectbuildingshould We have to respond to budget concerns, we have to respond to functional and programmatic concerns of the building, and we have to respond to public engagement. That's what you sign up for when you decide to become an architect. Peter Clewes architectengagementbuilding I wanted to be an artist, because it's a much better scam than being an architect. Peter Marino architectartist Some men go through life absolutely miserable because, despite the most enormous achievement, they just didn't do one thing-like the architect who didn't build St Paul's. I didn't quite build St Paul's, but I stood on more mountaintops than possibly I deserved. Peter Thorneycroft, Baron Thorneycroft architectmiserablemen I’m a passionate architect... I do not work for money Peter Zumthor architectpassionate If, early on, you know how things are put together, then you can build. The architect is in charge of making - he is not an artist. Peter Zumthor architectartisttogether If architects weren't arrogant, they wouldn't be architects. I don't know a modest good architect. Philip Johnson modestarrogantarchitect I hate the celebrity architect thing. I just do my work. The press comes up with this stuff and it sticks. I hate the word starchitect. Stuff like that comes from mean-spirited, untalented journalists. It's demeaning. Philip Johnson journalistarchitecthate As an architect, I always have mixed feelings. On the one hand, your fingers are itching. As a human being, you are happy to participate in the indolence. Rem Koolhaas architectfeelingshands«1234567»
