Quotes by Architects

People like terra firma, and they should be allowed to walk where they wish. Stephen Gardiner

People Walk Wish Allowed Like Where Should

In Japanese houses the interior melts into the gardens of the outside world. Stephen Gardiner

Interior World Outside Outside World Houses Japanese Gardens

In Egypt, the living were subordinate to the dead. Stephen Gardiner

Living Dead Were Subordinate Egypt

For me, the excitement in architecture revolves around the idea and the phenomenon of the experience of that idea. Residences offer almost immediate gratification. You can shape space, light, and materials to a degree that you sometimes can't in larger projects. Steven Holl

The whole notion of an embassy is like 'The Other.' That's what makes Washington interesting. Steven Holl

Other Embassy Like Makes Interesting Notion Whole Washington

I'm sorry to say, but 85% of so-called 'green' firms make some of the ugliest buildings that were ever made. So for God's sake, I don't want to be categorized with them. Steven Holl

God Made Sorry Say Some Categorized Make Buildings Ugliest Sake Were Green So-Called Want Them Ever

I grew up in a wood cabin on Puget Sound in Manchester, Wash. My family taught me to appreciate the arts and the outdoors, and I still yearn for the absolute silence I experienced there when I was young. Steven Holl

Family Me Silence Young Outdoors Absolute Cabin Sound Still Yearn Up Manchester Taught Wood Arts Experienced Grew Wash Appreciate

Some architects, such as John Lautner, never really did anything other than houses. His entire portfolio is basically residential. There's nothing wrong with that. Steven Holl

Nothing Other John Some Entire Architects Never Wrong Houses His Than Did Anything Really Residential Portfolio Basically

If you give people nothingness, they can ponder what can be achieved from that nothingness. Tadao Ando

You People Nothingness Give Achieved Ponder

I would like my architecture to inspire people to use their own resources, to move into the future. Tadao Ando

Future People Architecture Inspire Own Resources Would Like Move Use

The computer offers another kind of creativity. You cannot ignore the creativity that computer technology can bring. But you need to be able to move between those two different worlds. Tadao Ando

You Technology Creativity Worlds Those Kind Able Computer Between Another Offers Move Different Cannot Ignore Different Worlds Bring Two Need

The speed of change makes you wonder what will become of architecture. Tadao Ando

You Change Architecture Will Become Speed Makes Wonder

When I design buildings, I think of the overall composition, much as the parts of a body would fit together. On top of that, I think about how people will approach the building and experience that space. Tadao Ando

Italy is full of historical buildings. And Europe holds a great history of philosophy from Greece until today. I read all those books and see these buildings, and I think of where I stand when I design my architecture. Tadao Ando

People tend not to use this word beauty because it's not intellectual - but there has to be an overlap between beauty and intellect. Tadao Ando

People Word Beauty Tend Between Because Overlap Intellect Intellectual Use

Japanese architecture is traditionally based on wooden structures that need renovating on a regular basis. Tadao Ando

Architecture Structures Wooden Japanese Regular Regular Basis Based Basis Need

If there is only one culture all over the world, that's not a good thing. Tadao Ando

Good Culture World Only Good Thing Over Thing

I hope America can also be the cultural leader of the world, and use this frontier spirit to lead and show others that we need courage to go places where we have not gone before. Tadao Ando

Hope Courage World Leader Before Gone Others Spirit Lead Also Go Cultural America Frontier Where Places Use Show Need

In Japan, there is less a culture of preserving old buildings than in Europe. Tadao Ando

Culture Old Preserving Buildings Than Japan Less Europe