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Architect Quotes

As an architect, you have to provide a shelter to enjoy art. And you have to love art. It’s like when you make a concert hall. You must love music. This is the reason why you make the space, to enjoy music - making a space for art is the same thing Picture Quote #1

I was a child of a single mother/art teacher, and a father who was an architect, so I’ve always been around the combination of art, fine art, and architecture my entire life Picture Quote #1

Just because you are an architect and make decent buildings does not mean that you can suddenly become a set designer for one of the best avant-garde dancers in the world Picture Quote #1

An architect must remember that the people working or living in his building need space - to dream, to be quiet, to find beauty somewhere Picture Quote #1

Educate yourself, welcome life’s messiness, read Chekhov, avoid becoming an architect at all costs Picture Quote #1

With a painter or a sculptor, one cannot begin to alter his works, but an architect has to put up with anything, because he makes utility objects - the building is there to be used, and times change Picture Quote #1

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I used to not like being called a ‘woman architect’: I’m an architect, not just a woman architect. Guys used to tap me on the head and say, ‘You are okay for a girl.’ But I see the incredible amount of need from other women for reassurance that it could be done, so I don’t mind that at all Picture Quote #1

If you’re serious about being an architect, you’ve got to learn how to take responsibility Picture Quote #1

I’m not a fashion architect. I don’t dress in Ralph Lauren and Gucci. When I buy a suit, I buy it at J. Press. I have a blue blazer that I wear 80 percent of the time Picture Quote #1

The lawgiver ought to be gentle, lenient and humane. The lawgiver ought to be a skilled architect who raises his building on the foundation of self-love, and the interest of all ought to be the product of the interests of each Picture Quote #1

The dialogue between client and architect is about as intimate as any conversation you can have, because when you’re talking about building a house, you’re talking about dreams Picture Quote #1

When the Americans are behind you, they’re behind you 100%, and this gives you real confidence as an architect. They expect you to lead a building project - to make the kind of big and costly decisions that, in Britain, have been handed over to project managers and cost-cutters Picture Quote #1

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I guess I can’t be a great architect. Great architects have a recognizable style. But if every building I did were the same, it would be pretty boring Picture Quote #1

My father is an architect, so I often think like a designer or an architect. I remember when I was admiring buildings, I would look up at them and see this perspective and this awesome power of the monument in front of me Picture Quote #1

Architecture is a service business. An architect is given a program, budget, place, and schedule. Sometimes the end product rises to art - or at least people call it that Picture Quote #1

! discovered photography completely by chance. My wife is an architect; when we were young and living in Paris, she bought a camera to take pictures of buildings. For the first time, I looked through a lens - and photography immediately started to invade my life Picture Quote #1

If you want to be an architect of change by raising great kids, God bless. If you want to do it by raising money for your kid’s school, great. If you want to build a garden - whatever it is. Women like myself - they’re complicated, and they have a lot of different interests and qualities within them Picture Quote #1

God, that all-powerful Creator of nature and architect of the world, has impressed man with no character so proper to distinguish him from other animals, as by the faculty of speech Picture Quote #1

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Who I am as an architect and the history of my work - that’s clear to anybody who hires me. But I come in literally with nothing in my brain about what the building will look like Picture Quote #1

God the Father, the supreme Architect, had already built this cosmic home we behold, the most sacred temple of His godhead, by the laws of His mysterious wisdom Picture Quote #1

I may live in London, but I’ll go back to the country one day. My dad’s an architect, so I would like him to design me a house. I’d love to be in the countryside when I’m older Picture Quote #1

I was good at football and cricket at school. My dad said, ‘Son, be an architect,’ and I came to Melbourne passionate about becoming an architect Picture Quote #1

When I lived in Beijing in 1996, it was a horizontal city. If you wanted to go out for a burger, if you wanted to really treat yourself, you went to this place called the Jianguo Hotel. The architect had proudly described it as a perfect replica of a Holiday Inn that he had seen in Palo Alto, California Picture Quote #1

A couturier must be an architect for design, a sculptor for shape, a painter for color, a musician for harmony, and a philosopher for temperance Picture Quote #1

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When you design a building, you start from a general philosophy, and you come down, and you start from detail and come up. Only the theoretical architect believes that you can make the concept and then sometime, somebody will come to build it Picture Quote #1

The design of a temple depends on symmetry , the principles of which must be most carefully observed by the architect Picture Quote #1

You are the architect of your own future, so design your future with uncompromising sincerity Picture Quote #1

The difference between a builder and an architect is that an architect also cares about desire, about dreams Picture Quote #1

Of course, I didn’t become an architect, but later on in Iran, I had a lot of contact and discussions with architects because Iran was developing, and I felt we shouldn’t destroy the past and copy completely the West, which is the problem in developing countries Picture Quote #1

I fantasise about what the future could be in terms of aesthetic and psychology. It’s the most difficult thing to do because you have to start from the past - your favourite architect, your favourite song - you take it all with you Picture Quote #1

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As an architect, you have to provide a shelter to enjoy art. And you have to love art. It’s like when you make a concert hall. You must love music. This is the reason why you make the space, to enjoy music - making a space for art is the same thing. (Architect Quotes) I was a child of a single mother/art teacher, and a father who was an architect, so I’ve always been around the combination of art, fine art, and architecture my entire life. (Architect Quotes) Just because you are an architect and make decent buildings does not mean that you can suddenly become a set designer for one of the best avant-garde dancers in the world. (Architect Quotes) An architect must remember that the people working or living in his building need space - to dream, to be quiet, to find beauty somewhere. (Architect Quotes) Educate yourself, welcome life’s messiness, read Chekhov, avoid becoming an architect at all costs. (Architect Quotes) With a painter or a sculptor, one cannot begin to alter his works, but an architect has to put up with anything, because he makes utility objects - the building is there to be used, and times change. (Architect Quotes) I used to not like being called a ‘woman architect’: I’m an architect, not just a woman architect. Guys used to tap me on the head and say, ‘You are okay for a girl.’ But I see the incredible amount of need from other women for reassurance that it could be done, so I don’t mind that at all. (Architect Quotes) If you’re serious about being an architect, you’ve got to learn how to take responsibility (Architect Quotes) I’m not a fashion architect. I don’t dress in Ralph Lauren and Gucci. When I buy a suit, I buy it at J. Press. I have a blue blazer that I wear 80 percent of the time. (Architect Quotes) The lawgiver ought to be gentle, lenient and humane. The lawgiver ought to be a skilled architect who raises his building on the foundation of self-love, and the interest of all ought to be the product of the interests of each. (Architect Quotes) The dialogue between client and architect is about as intimate as any conversation you can have, because when you’re talking about building a house, you’re talking about dreams. (Architect Quotes) When the Americans are behind you, they’re behind you 100%, and this gives you real confidence as an architect. They expect you to lead a building project - to make the kind of big and costly decisions that, in Britain, have been handed over to project managers and cost-cutters. (Architect Quotes) I guess I can’t be a great architect. Great architects have a recognizable style. But if every building I did were the same, it would be pretty boring. (Architect Quotes) My father is an architect, so I often think like a designer or an architect. I remember when I was admiring buildings, I would look up at them and see this perspective and this awesome power of the monument in front of me. (Architect Quotes) Architecture is a service business. An architect is given a program, budget, place, and schedule. Sometimes the end product rises to art - or at least people call it that. (Architect Quotes) ! discovered photography completely by chance. My wife is an architect; when we were young and living in Paris, she bought a camera to take pictures of buildings. For the first time, I looked through a lens - and photography immediately started to invade my life. (Architect Quotes) If you want to be an architect of change by raising great kids, God bless. If you want to do it by raising money for your kid’s school, great. If you want to build a garden - whatever it is. Women like myself - they’re complicated, and they have a lot of different interests and qualities within them. (Architect Quotes) God, that all-powerful Creator of nature and architect of the world, has impressed man with no character so proper to distinguish him from other animals, as by the faculty of speech. (Architect Quotes) Who I am as an architect and the history of my work - that’s clear to anybody who hires me. But I come in literally with nothing in my brain about what the building will look like. (Architect Quotes) God the Father, the supreme Architect, had already built this cosmic home we behold, the most sacred temple of His godhead, by the laws of His mysterious wisdom. (Architect Quotes) I may live in London, but I’ll go back to the country one day. My dad’s an architect, so I would like him to design me a house. I’d love to be in the countryside when I’m older. (Architect Quotes) I was good at football and cricket at school. My dad said, ‘Son, be an architect,’ and I came to Melbourne passionate about becoming an architect. (Architect Quotes) When I lived in Beijing in 1996, it was a horizontal city. If you wanted to go out for a burger, if you wanted to really treat yourself, you went to this place called the Jianguo Hotel. The architect had proudly described it as a perfect replica of a Holiday Inn that he had seen in Palo Alto, California. (Architect Quotes) A couturier must be an architect for design, a sculptor for shape, a painter for color, a musician for harmony, and a philosopher for temperance. (Architect Quotes) When you design a building, you start from a general philosophy, and you come down, and you start from detail and come up. Only the theoretical architect believes that you can make the concept and then sometime, somebody will come to build it. (Architect Quotes) The design of a temple depends on symmetry , the principles of which must be most carefully observed by the architect. (Architect Quotes) You are the architect of your own future, so design your future with uncompromising sincerity (Architect Quotes) The difference between a builder and an architect is that an architect also cares about desire, about dreams. (Architect Quotes) Of course, I didn’t become an architect, but later on in Iran, I had a lot of contact and discussions with architects because Iran was developing, and I felt we shouldn’t destroy the past and copy completely the West, which is the problem in developing countries. (Architect Quotes) I fantasise about what the future could be in terms of aesthetic and psychology. It’s the most difficult thing to do because you have to start from the past - your favourite architect, your favourite song - you take it all with you. (Architect Quotes)

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