Quotes about Architects

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Light God's eldest daughter is a principal beauty in a building. — Thomas Fuller
No architecture can be truly noble which is not imperfect. — John Ruskin
Architecture is inhabited sculpture. — Constantin Brancusi
The flowering of geometry. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Society needs a good image of itself. That is the job of the architect. — Walter Gropius
Architecture begins when you place two bricks carefully together. — Mies van der Rohe
An arch never sleeps. — Hindu proverb
Develop an infallible technique and then place yourself at the mercy of inspiration. — Ralph Rapson
The reality of the building does not consist in the roof and walls but in the space within to be lived in. — Lao-Tzu
Good architecture lets nature in. — Mario Pei
Architecture should be dedicated to keeping the outside out and the inside in. — Leonard Baskin
Early in life I had to choose between arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose honest arrogance and have seen no occ — Frank Lloyd Wright
No house should ever be on a hill or on anything. It should be of the hill. Hill and house should live together each t — Frank Lloyd Wright
How can we expect our students to become bold and fearless in thought and action if we encase them in sentimental shrine — Walter Gropius
The house does not frame the view: it projects the beholder into it. — Harwell Hamilton Harris
Architecture is space structured to serve man and to move him. — Etienne Gaboury
Take nothing for granted as beautiful or ugly but take every building to pieces and challenge every feature. Learn to — Frank Lloyd Wright
Always design a thing by considering it in its next larger context - a chair in a room a room in a house a house in an — Eero Saarinen
In speculative buildings which is most of our business there are really only three chances to make architecture: the l — Chao-Ming Wu
A house is a machine for living. — Buckminster Fuller