55 quotes found
“In architecture the pride of man his triumph over gravitation his will to power assume a visible form. Architecture is a sort of oratory of power by means of forms.”
“The materials of city planning are sky space trees steel and cement in that order and in that hierarchy.”
“Buildings should be good neighbours.”
“Pictures deface walls oftener than they decorate them.”
“Life is rich always changing always challenging and we architects have the task of transmitting into wood concrete glass and steel of transforming human aspirations into habitable and meaning...”
“A building is a string of events belonging together.”
“Good architecture is like a piece of beautifully composed music crystallized in space that elevates our spirits beyond the limitation of time.”
“Architecture (is) a theatre stage setting where the leading actors are the people and to dramatically direct the dialogue between these people and space is the technique of designing.”
“I saw the bathroom fixtures as a kind of American Trinity.”
“Perspective is worth 80 I.Q. points.”
“Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space.”
“When you look on one of your contemporary 'good copies' of historical remains ask yourself the question: Not what style but in what civilization is this building? And the absurdity vulgarity an...”
“Light God's eldest daughter is a principal beauty in a building.”
“No architecture can be truly noble which is not imperfect.”
“The flowering of geometry.”
“Society needs a good image of itself. That is the job of the architect.”
“Architecture begins when you place two bricks carefully together.”
“An arch never sleeps.”
“Develop an infallible technique and then place yourself at the mercy of inspiration.”
“The reality of the building does not consist in the roof and walls but in the space within to be lived in.”
