Quotes by Architecture As for myself, I'm attracted to venture into places with peeling paint, and areas that are crumbling a little bit. It makes sense because we've already established the photography focusing on architecture, even if it looks incorrect, there's something appealing about entering that. Teresa Palmer paintarchitecturephotography My buildings don't speak in words but by means of their own spaciousness. Thom Mayne architecturetalkingmean Architecture is a social activity that has to do with some sort of communication or places of interaction, and that to change the environment is to change behaviour. Thom Mayne architecturebehaviourcommunication The aesthetic of architecture has to be rooted in a broader idea about human activities like walking, relaxing and communicating. Architecture thinks about how these activities can be given added value. Thom Mayne architectureideasthinking The loftier the building, the deeper must the foundation be laid. Thomas a Kempis foundationbuildingarchitecture I have a strong sense that every project is an invention, which is not a word I hear being used in architecture courses Thomas Heatherwick inventionarchitecturestrong Building a temple didn't mean you believed in gods, it just meant you believed in architecture. Terry Pratchett templesarchitecturemean I don't know why I've always been so captivated by architecture. Tim Gunn combat-bootsarchitectureknows Architecture trumps licensing any time. Tim O'Reilly licensingtrumparchitecture For me, music and sound are both the language and underlying architecture of the cosmos. Tom Kenyon cosmosarchitecturesound The genius of architecture seems to have shed its maledictions over this land. Thomas Jefferson architecturegeniusland I think of architecture as a piece of clothing to wrap around human beings Toyo Ito piecesarchitecturethinking Architects have made architecture too complex. We need to simplify it and use a language that everyone can understand. Toyo Ito architectureuseneeds We have to base architecture on the environment. Toyo Ito environmentarchitecture I feel I can handle the architecture of dance as well as anybody. Twyla Tharp wellsarchitecturefeels I do speak Mandarin, and I also relate to the hunger that China has for culture and architecture and style. Vera Wang stylearchitectureculture For me the working of hair is architecture with a human element. Vidal Sassoon elementsarchitecturehair Architecture is not about space but about time. Vito Acconci architectarchitecturespace Sustainability has become a religion in architecture - not that there's anything wrong with it - but I think it has to work both ways. Everyone thinks architecture has to be subservient to sustainability, but what if we thought in the other direction, like, what can sustainability do to make architecture more exciting? Vito Acconci what-ifarchitecturethinking What connects architecture and music is that neither one is really an object. It's more like an ambience, a surrounding and a context. You can do other things while you're listening to music and of course, you can do other things while you're in the middle of architecture. The notion of multi-attention seems to me like it's the keynote to the beginning of the 21st century. Vito Acconci music-isarchitecturelistening«1819202122232425262728»
