Quotes by Architecture We build buildings which are terribly restless. And buildings don't go anywhere. They shouldn't be restless. Minoru Yamasaki restless building architecture If you examine this, I think that you will find that it's the mechanics of Japanese architecture that have been thought of as the direct influence upon our architecture. Minoru Yamasaki architecture artist thinking Japanese architecture is very much copied in this country and in Europe. Minoru Yamasaki architecture europe country So what we have tried to do in our later buildings is to try to be completely consistent, as a painter is consistent or as a sculptor is consistent. Architecture also must be very consistent. Minoru Yamasaki architecture artist trying Architecture is politics. Mitchell Kapor internet architecture When you want to do something that is challenging or interesting or new, you never find the place. All the places are obvious or old or generic. And so you realize that the role of architecture is fundamental. Miuccia Prada architecture challenges interesting If you're inclined to dismiss L.A. as a place of unrelenting vapidity and generic 1980s architecture, then you're doing yourself and L.A. a huge disservice, and you're just not looking hard enough. Moby generic architecture enough Architecture has joined the world of fashion, but fashion is passing and architecture is timeless. Moshe Safdie architecture fashion world We are producing urban places which are disjointed and disconnected and not worthy of our civilisation Moshe Safdie urban worthy architecture Architecture is changing faster than some other professions. Moshe Safdie profession architecture faster Where do architects and designers get their ideas? The answer, of course, is mainly from other architects and designers, so is it mere casuistry to distinguish between tradition and plagiarism? Nancy Banks-Smith architecture answers ideas A good sketch is better than a long speech. Napoleon Bonaparte architecture life art You don't need to spend a lot of money on stuff when you have amazing architecture. Nate Berkus architecture stuff needs I think that Democrats have to think through answers we haven't in the past: How we are going to create those jobs? How should we restructure the entire tax code? Should we have things like a payroll tax, when jobs are so scarce? They weren't - basically the architecture of our employment law, tax law, all these things were from the 1930s - and I do think that one benefit of Donald Trump, which is not worth it, but one perverse thing is, he has widened the scope of things that we should discuss. Neera Tanden architecture past thinking The job of the architect becomes more difficult in this secular age. Where once he had a god to extol, he now has humans like himself; where once he had "he," he now has "she" and "they. Nikki Giovanni architecture age jobs The higher the building the lower the morals. Noel Coward morality architecture literature Architecture is an expression of values. Norman Foster values architecture expression The pencil and computer are, if left to their own devices, equally dumb and only as good as the person driving them. Norman Foster driving architecture dumb I am always surprised by how much little emphasis schools of architecture, and indeed, many architects, place on the process of the mating of a building. Norman Foster architecture littles school The artist belongs to his work, not the work to the artist. Novalis architecture music art «1112131415161718192021»
