“Great buildings that move the spirit have always been rare. In every case they are unique, poetic, products of the heart.”
— Arthur Erickson
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No architecture is so haughty as that
“No architecture is so haughty as that which is simple.”
— John Ruskin
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The architecture profession has lost a lot
“The architecture profession has lost a lot of its integrity, especially in the USA. The general architect here has no scruples, no ambitions.”
— Helmut Jahn
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The architecture of our future is not
“The architecture of our future is not only unfinished; the scaffolding has hardly gone up.”
— George Lamming
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Maybe we can show government how to
“Maybe we can show government how to operate better as a result of better architecture. Eventually, I think Chicago will be the most beautiful great city left in the world.”
— Frank Lloyd Wright
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I quit college. I was studying architecture
“I quit college. I was studying architecture for about a year.”
— Barry Mann
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No architect troubled to design houses that
“No architect troubled to design houses that suited people who were to live in them, because that would have meant building a whole range of different houses. It was far cheaper and, above all, timesaving to make them identical.”
— Michael Ende
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Architecture in general is frozen music.
“Architecture in general is frozen music.”
— Friedrich von Schelling
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Architecture is invention.
“Architecture is invention.”
— Oscar Niemeyer
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The frightening thought that what you draw
“The frightening thought that what you draw may become a building makes for reasoned lines.”
— Saul Steinberg
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Bridges are perhaps the most invisible form
“Bridges are perhaps the most invisible form of public architecture.”
— Bruce Jackson
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