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Architecture Quotes

Buildings that shape how we think about places.

One voice here admits thinking about architecture constantly, even dreaming about it, while flatly calling the field unnecessarily difficult. See Design quotes for related thoughts on the creative process behind it.

Does it follow that the house has nothing in common with art and is architecture not to be included in the arts? Only a very small part of architecture belongs to art: the tomb and the monument. Everything else that...

Quotes by Adolf Loos

Architecture arouses sentiments in man. The architect's task therefore, is to make those sentiments more precise.

Quotes by Adolf Loos

The Internet is probably the most important technological advancement of my lifetime. Its strength lies in its open architecture and its ability to allow a framework where all voices can be heard.

Quotes by Adam Savage

In my early 20s I was so miserable doing construction, I wanted something that paid money. I liked nice stuff. I liked cars and architecture, and things that cost money. I wanted to not swing a hammer, and make money......

Quotes by Adam Carolla

Always Quotes

Blockchain technology isn't just a more efficient way to settle securities. It will fundamentally change market structures, and maybe even the architecture of the Internet itself.

Quotes by Abigail Johnson

I love the South Bank: every era of architecture is there, and you can stop, look, and listen.

Quotes by Abi Morgan

I've always thought that design can have equal importance to the idea of internal architecture. Professionally, things can be very dogmatic - you do the architecture, someone else does the interiors, someone else does the furniture, the fabric, etc. But...

Quotes by Zaha Hadid

I really love Miami, but I don't think the architecture matches the city. It's a bit too commercial.

Quotes by Zaha Hadid

Architecture is unnecessarily difficult. It's very tough.

Quotes by Zaha Hadid

Art Quotes

I think about architecture all the time. That's the problem. But I've always been like that. I dream it sometimes.

Quotes by Zaha Hadid

Architecture is basically a container of something. I hope they will enjoy not so much the teacup, but the tea.

Quotes by Yoshio Taniguchi

I was studying architecture at Berkeley when my father passed away in 2007. We knew he had cancer, but we didn't expect it to escalate so rapidly. In my mind, it was like, 'He'll pull through.' When he didn't, I...

Quotes by Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

All real education is the architecture of the soul.

Quotes by William Bennett

You look at the steamboat, the railroad, the car, the airplane - not all of these were invented in the Anglo-American world, but they were popularized and extended by it. They were made possible by the financial architecture, the capital...

Quotes by Walter Russell Mead

Design Quotes

Let us together create the new building of the future, which will be everything in one form: architecture and sculpture and painting.

Quotes by Walter Gropius

Architecture begins where engineering ends.

Quotes by Walter Gropius

The general public, formerly profoundly indifferent to everything to do with building, has been shaken out of its torpor; personal interest in architecture as something that concerns every one of us in our daily lives has been very widely aroused;...

Quotes by Walter Gropius

The development of the New Architecture encountered serious obstacles at a very early stage of its development. Conflicting theories and the dogmas enunciated in architects' personal manifestos all helped to confuse the main issue.

Quotes by Walter Gropius

The Bauhaus strives to bring together all creative effort into one whole, to reunify all the disciplines of practical art - sculpture, painting, handicrafts, and crafts - as inseparable components of a new architecture.

Quotes by Walter Gropius

Good Quotes

Good architecture should be a projection of life itself, and that implies an intimate knowledge of biological, social, technical, and artistic problems.

Quotes by Walter Gropius

Frequently Asked Questions

What's the "Architecture" quotes page about?
A mix of a big-picture historical observation about invention and technology, plus personal reflections on how consuming and difficult architectural thinking can be.
What does the "steamboat" quote say?
It makes a historical point about technology like "the steamboat, the railroad, the car, the airplane," noting that while "not all of these were invented in the Anglo-American world," that world played a major role in popularizing and extending them. It's presented as the speaker's own historical framing.
Is there a quote about architecture being difficult?
Yes, a blunt one: "Architecture is unnecessarily difficult. It's very tough."
Is there a quote about someone thinking about architecture constantly?
Yes: "I think about architecture all the time. That's the problem. But I've always been like that. I dream it sometimes" — describing it as an all-consuming preoccupation.
Is there an opinion about a specific city's architecture?
Yes — someone says they "really love Miami," but adds they don't "think the architecture matches the city," calling it "a bit too commercial." Design quotes covers related themes.

Another take criticizes a beloved city's architecture for feeling too commercial and out of step with the place itself, a reminder that not every quote here is purely admiring. Explore Art quotes and Good quotes for more.