Quotes by Architects

In any architecture, there is an equity between the pragmatic function and the symbolic function. Michael Graves
Architecture Between Pragmatic Equity Any Function Symbolic
It was always my goal to 'up the ante' on good design, and I've devoted much of my career to this. Michael Graves
Good Design Devoted Always Goal Up Much Career
For my first apartment, when I was first married, I went to the lumberyard and bought stuff and made couches. My then-wife made cushions. I was really very interested in furniture. I was in school for architecture, but I had to live, and making furniture was different from designing buildings, which I couldn't do for myself. Michael Graves
Myself Architecture School Made First Live Furniture Married Had Bought Stuff Buildings Making Very Different Which Interested Apartment Really Designing
We always correct people who say, 'You're trying to make this look better.' Well yes, we want it to look better, but that's easy. The look and the function are one and the same. They are not separate. It looks good because it functions beautifully. That message is very hard. Michael Graves
Good You People Better Say Correct Easy Look Message Well Looks Make Beautifully Because Always Yes Very Trying Same Want Separate Hard Who Function Functions
I taught at Princeton for 39 years, and the school of architecture on the campus is the worst building on the campus. Michael Graves
Architecture School Princeton Building Worst Years Campus Taught
You can never draw enough or read enough - reading about architecture, in other words. Michael Graves
You Architecture Words Reading Other Enough Draw About Never Read In Other Words
When I design a building, I'm making sure you and I can get to the front door, there's enough of a threshold for entry, and that the rooms are in a logical sequence. Michael Graves
You Logical Threshold Building Design Enough Entry Sure Making Get Front Front Door Door Rooms Sequence
We've taken on health care in a big way in our office, ever since nine years ago when I was paralyzed. I was in eight different hospitals, three different rehab centers, and all the rooms were dreadful. As an architect, designer, and patient, I can do something to help. Michael Graves
Health Care Three Big Patient Rehab Nine Our Way Dreadful Paralyzed Architect Something Hospitals Taken Since Health Care Were Years Years Ago Office Eight Different Big Way Centers Rooms Help Ever Designer
I had been designing for Alessi and Swid Powell and Steuben and high-end people, and people always complained, 'Michael, we'd love to buy your stuff, but it's too expensive.' Michael Graves
Love Buy People Too High-End Had Stuff Always Been Michael Expensive Your Designing
I don't clean now, because I'm paralyzed. But let me tell you, I would clean. I cleaned, and I ironed. It's my inner femininity. Michael Graves
Me You Tell Would Paralyzed Clean Cleaned Because Femininity Now Inner
We use blue on the handle of the Alessi kettle. Blue is cool, so you're supposed to think that it's not hot. And the bird is red: you're supposed to think to be careful to remove the bird. Michael Graves
You Bird Remove Think Be Careful Hot Red Supposed Handle Blue Use Cool Kettle Careful
When you do what I do, there are a lot of institutions that give you awards. I've gotten maybe 20 medals. They're glorious, and there's a spirit behind them. But sometimes they give you this dreadful modern glass thing. I wish everyone could afford a loving cup. Michael Graves
You Sometimes Wish Glorious Everyone Dreadful Spirit Give Could Glass Institutions Gotten Lot Cup Afford Modern Behind Maybe Loving Them Medals Awards Thing
The oldest book I have is a treatise on architecture from the 17th century. Michael Graves
Book Architecture Century Oldest Treatise
Form must never trump function. Some objects are made to look so smooth, you don't know where to pick them up or how to turn them on. If I'm designing a garlic press or cheese grater, I need my hand to fit comfortably on it. I like to know, instinctively, how to use it. Michael Graves
You Cheese Made Press Must Some Objects Never Pick Instinctively Like Know Look Comfortably How Smooth Trump Hand Fit Up Where Form Them Turn Use Function Garlic Designing Need
The traditional notion of an architect having a vision of a building and then drawing it either on paper or on a computer and then constructing it isn't really how architecture works, and in reality, the computer has a lot of influence on design. Michael Hansmeyer
Reality Architecture Vision Building Design Paper Drawing Architect Having Constructing Computer How Traditional Lot Influence Either Then Really Notion Works
We build buildings which are terribly restless. And buildings don't go anywhere. They shouldn't be restless. Minoru Yamasaki
Architecture Build Restless Terribly Buildings Go Which Anywhere
Being the gateway to a large city, St. Louis, I had felt from the very beginning that somehow this building should symbolize this sense of being a gateway. Minoru Yamasaki
Building Beginning Sense City Somehow Had Felt Very Louis St. Louis Being Should Large Symbolize Gateway
But now I know that it is very important that all buildings should be consistent, that this is the quality of the Gothic cathedral, for instance, that we like. Minoru Yamasaki
Quality Important Consistent Instance Like Know Cathedral Buildings Gothic Very Should Now
And a building must be like a human being. It must have a wholeness about it, something that is very important. Minoru Yamasaki
Human Being Important Building Must About Something Like Very Human Being Wholeness
The Wayne Education Building was the first classroom building that we have done on the Wayne campus. Minoru Yamasaki
Education First Building Wayne Classroom Campus Done
In other words, I have no truck for anyone who goes out and does an eclectic building. Minoru Yamasaki
Words Building Other Out Eclectic Truck Does Goes Anyone In Other Words Who
I believe that we must understand the economy of the situation. Minoru Yamasaki
Situation Believe Must Economy Understand
And sometimes I'm criticized. But I think that if those who criticize us will look at the reason why the shape is this, well then, I think that they would not object so strenuously. Minoru Yamasaki
Sometimes Will Think Those Would Criticize Criticized Object Shape Look Well Then Us Reason Who Why
And I feel that we in our society should not be held by any such myth; that we should do everything we can to gain a delight and joy in our society with all the available parts of the palette. Minoru Yamasaki
Joy Myth Society Our Everything Delight Feel Parts Any Gain Available Held Should Palette
If you have white walls, human beings look better in a room than if you have red walls. Minoru Yamasaki
You Better Walls White Red Look Than Human Human Beings Room Beings
And exciting buildings are fine periodically. Minoru Yamasaki
Fine Exciting Buildings
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