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Quotes by Architect
"The logic of Palladian architecture presented an aesthetic formula which could be applied universally."
257
"Architecture begins where engineering ends."
229
"That business of relaxation, which is so terribly modern today, is all good and well, but my work interests me so much, and is so varied, that many times it seems relaxing when I go from one aspect to another."
218
"Tradition can, to be sure, participate in a creation, but it can no longer be creative itself."
202
"Proportions are what makes the old Greek temples classic in their beauty. They are like huge blocks, from which the air has been literally hewn out between the columns."
183
"Japan's humid and warm summer climate, as well as frequent earthquakes resulted in lightweight timber buildings raised off the ground that are resistant to earth tremors."
179
"Not many architects have the luxury to reject significant things."
177
"Our office acts like a kind of educational establishment and we are very careful who we educate."
172
"If a building becomes architecture, then it is art."
172
"I don't divide architecture, landscape and gardening; to me they are one."
170
"Architecture tends to consume everything else, it has become one's entire life."
163
"The Spiral Gallery may happen, too. It is not dependent on government funding."
161
"In the West there has always been the attempt to try make the religious building, whether it's a Medieval or Renaissance church, an eternal object for the celebration of God. The material chosen, such as stone, brick, or concrete, is meant to eternally preserve what is inside."
160
"On the other hand, I don't understand the enthusiasm for everything in the antique shop that Grandma threw out. There, the sense of quality has declined; otherwise Grandma wouldn't have thrown it out."
156
"If architecture had nothing to do with art, it would be astonishingly easy to build houses, but the architect's task - his most difficult task - is always that of selecting."
153
"We want our buildings to work like a machine that will create a pleasurable environment."
114
"For me, every day is a new thing. I approach each project with a new insecurity, almost like the first project I ever did. And I get the sweats. I go in and start working, I'm not sure where I'm going. If I knew where I was going I wouldn't do it."
109
"I believe that the way people live can be directed a little by architecture."
108
"Furniture manufacturing in plastics requires very costly machinery, which the Danish market is not big enough to justify. Or so they say. But show me a plastics manufacturer who dares to take on the experiment."
100
"Changes in the traditional way of building are only permitted if they are an improvement. Otherwise stay with what is traditional, for truth, even if it be hundreds of years old has a stronger inner bond with us than the lie that walks by our side."
96
"I am aware of changes gradually taking place in my own designs as part of my thinking on this matter."
94
"Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of art."
89
"It is hardly surprising that the Georgian domestic style emerges as the most remarkable in the world."
88
"The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen."
87
"The Industrial Revolution was another of those extraordinary jumps forward in the story of civilization."
87
"There is an increasing awareness of the interrelatedness of things. We are becoming less prone to accept an immediate solution without questioning its larger implications."
84
"There is nothing more uncommon than common sense."
84
"No amount of thought can ever reveal what comes unexpectedly."
84
"Architecture is a visual art, and the buildings speak for themselves."
82
"All fine architectural values are human values, else not valuable."
79
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