Quotes by Architecture Gregorian chant, Romanesque architecture, the Iliad , the invention of geometry were not, for the people through whom they were brought into being and made available to us, occasions for the manifestation of personality. Simone Weil architecturepersonalitypeople Minimal art went nowhere. Sol LeWitt architectureart Architecture is a social act and the material theater of human activity. Spiro Kostof theaterarchitecturesocial The interior of the house personifies the private world; the exterior of it is part of the outside world. Stephen Gardiner architecturehouseworld The Egyptian contribution to architecture was more concerned with remembering the dead than the living. Stephen Gardiner architectureegyptianremember Of all the lessons most relevant to architecture today, Japanese flexibility is the greatest. Stephen Gardiner architecturelessonstoday Newton, for instance, attempted to comprehend the diversities of the universe with a single system of mathematical laws, the objectivity, sobriety and logic of Palladian architecture presented an aesthetic formula which, while accepting variations and adjustments according to climate and other needs, could be applied universally. Stephen Gardiner formulaslogicarchitecture Georgian architecture respected the scale of both the individual and the community. Stephen Gardiner individualarchitecturecommunity When you feel the architecture just click, as though it couldn't have been anything else, it's due to a true understanding of the site and the plan and section. Stephen Kanner designarchitectureunderstanding I ended up as an American Studies Major but my real interest was architecture. Steve Purdy architecturestudyreal Architecture is bound to situation. And I feel like the site is a metaphysical link, a poetic link, to what a building can be. Steven Holl architecturespacelinks I think architecture, to be really intense and fulfilling, doesn't have to be large. Steven Holl intensearchitecturethinking If you give people nothingness, they can ponder what can be achieved from that nothingness. Tadao Ando architecturegivingpeople In Architecture there is a part that is the result of Logical Reasoning and a part that is created through the Senses. There is always a point where they Clash. I don't think Architecture can be created without that Collision. Tadao Ando logical-reasoningarchitecturethinking All those involved in the construction of an architectural design, from the architect to the builder, have an attachment to the architecture, although it's difficult to quantify the attachment. Tadao Ando designarchitectureattachment Since I am a Japanese man who's been building through the experience of Japanese architecture, my actual designs come from Japanese architectural concepts, although they're based on Western methods and materials. Tadao Ando designarchitecturemen Japanese traditional architecture is created based on these conditions. This is the reason you have a very high degree of connection between the outside and inside in architecture. Tadao Ando connectionsdegreesarchitecture All architecture has a public nature, I believe, so I would like to make a public space. Tadao Ando architecturespacebelieve Japanese architecture is traditionally based on wooden structures that need renovating on a regular basis. Tadao Ando structurearchitectureneeds The speed of change makes you wonder what will become of architecture. Tadao Ando speedarchitecturewonder«1718192021222324252627»
