"The ancient Romans built their greatest masterpieces of architecture, their amphitheaters, for wild beasts to fight in."

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"It seems a fantastic paradox, but it is nevertheless a most important truth, that no architecture can be truly noble which is not imperfect."

John Ruskin, English Writer

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"I was planning to go into architecture. But when I arrived, architecture was filled up. Acting was right next to it, so I signed up for acting instead."

Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer

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"Modern architecture predominately specializes in designing what are essentially dimly lit caves."

Steven Magee, British Author

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"Rather than wait to see what the day or future holds, why not design and plan the future you want to experience?"

Mensah Oteh, Nigerian Author

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"I call architecture frozen music."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet

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"All architecture is great architecture after sunset; perhaps architecture is really a nocturnal art, like the art of fireworks."

Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer

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"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."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

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"The bungalow had more to do with how Americans live today than any other building that has gone remotely by the name of architecture in our history."

Russell Lynes, American Critic

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"I could be happy doing something like architecture. It would involve another couple of years of graduate school, but that's what I studied in college. That's what I always wanted to do."

Parker Stevenson, American Actor

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"The intellectual architecture means focusing on doing great work instead of focusing on agency politics."

Jay Chiat, American Businessman

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"If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated."

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"I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it."

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"All men are by nature free; you have therefore an undoubted liberty to depart whenever you please, but will have many and great difficulties to encounter in passing the frontiers."

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"It seems a fantastic paradox, but it is nevertheless a most important truth, that no architecture can be truly noble which is not imperfect."

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"Modern architecture predominately specializes in designing what are essentially dimly lit caves."

"Rather than wait to see what the day or future holds, why not design and plan the future you want to experience?"

"I call architecture frozen music."

"All architecture is great architecture after sunset; perhaps architecture is really a nocturnal art, like the art of fireworks."

"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 bungalow had more to do with how Americans live today than any other building that has gone remotely by the name of architecture in our history."

"I could be happy doing something like architecture. It would involve another couple of years of graduate school, but that's what I studied in college. That's what I always wanted to do."

"The intellectual architecture means focusing on doing great work instead of focusing on agency politics."

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"One great use of words is to hide our thoughts."

"The ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination."

"Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law."

"I should like to lie at your feet and die in your arms."

"I have only ever made one prayer to God, a very short one: O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it."

"All men are by nature free; you have therefore an undoubted liberty to depart whenever you please, but will have many and great difficulties to encounter in passing the frontiers."