131 Architect Quotes for You to Enjoy

Have you ever heard of a pianist who never had to practice - or of an architect who didn't bother to find out why buildings stand up? Anne Stevenson

You Practice Out Find Architect Bother Pianist Never Had Buildings Heard Up Stand Stand Up Who Why Ever

The architect, Peter Arens who is the monstrous carbuncle architect, not merely did his design which had won a public competition never get built but his practice suffered financially for some years. Anthony Holden

From when I was about seven, I thought I wanted to be an architect. I've always loved spaces and dwellings in general. Arizona Muse

Thought Seven About Architect General Always Wanted Loved Spaces

And when an architect has designed a house with large windows, which is a necessity today in order to pull the daylight into these very deep houses, then curtains come to play a big role in architecture. Arne Jacobsen

With a painter or a sculptor, one cannot begin to alter his works, but an architect has to put up with anything, because he makes utility objects - the building is there to be used, and times change. Arne Jacobsen

I studied graphic design originally. I used to like drawing, and I was quite into technical drawing. I was always interested in the visual medium, but I thought I was going to be an architect or something like that, but it's quite a lonely job. Asif Kapadia

When I was working in my first job engineering construction, what I liked the most was working with architects and making buildings that had this creative side coming from the architect and that were making them a big success. Bernard Arnault

As a longtime fashion enthusiast and the architect of the YMCMB lifestyle, it makes perfect sense to partner with the esteemed Bravado and move into fashion and launch my apparel brands. Birdman

Fashion Partner Sense Launch Enthusiast Architect Perfect Lifestyle Longtime Makes Brands Bravado Move Esteemed Apparel

I'd have no trouble being the barbecue kingpin of America. I'd just add it to all the other things I am: jazz musician, carpenter, architect, engineer and revolutionary. Bobby Seale

Engineer Trouble Jazz Add Other Carpenter Musician Architect Am America Revolutionary Just Being Barbecue Jazz Musician Things

I would have loved to have been an architect - which, actually, would have been a disaster. Cate Blanchett

Would Architect Disaster Been Loved Which Actually

The lawgiver ought to be gentle, lenient and humane. The lawgiver ought to be a skilled architect who raises his building on the foundation of self-love, and the interest of all ought to be the product of the interests of each. Cesare Beccaria

Building Humane Ought Architect Gentle Self-Love His Interest Lenient Interests Skilled Product Who Each Foundation Raises

As a child I wanted to become an architect. Chris Hughes

Become Architect Child Wanted

I was born during the war, on October 20, 1942, as the second of five children. My father, Rolf Volhard, was an architect. Christiane Nusslein-Volhard

War Father Born Architect October Five Children Second

My father knew the charming side of my mother, and my mother thought that he was attentive and pleasant and was an architect, which was a respectable profession, but I don't think that they actually got to know one another deeply. Christopher Durang

Mother Father Thought Think Pleasant Side Respectable Architect Charming He Knew Attentive Know Another Got Which Profession Deeply Actually

I had to architect my life where I could raise my children. Damon Dash

Life My Life Architect Could Had Where Children Raise

My dad was not happy about my not becoming an architect like him. Daniel Humm

Happy About Architect Like Him Becoming Dad

I think that the point of being an architect is to help raise the experience of everyday living, even a little. Putting a window where people would really like one. Making sure a shaving mirror in a hotel bathroom is at the right angle. Making bureaucratic buildings that are somehow cheerful. David Chipperfield

Experience People Mirror Living Think Everyday Bathroom Would Window Somehow Architect Angle Point Putting Hotel Like Cheerful Shaving Sure Buildings Making Bureaucratic Being Where Little Really Help Even Right Raise

I wanted to be a landscape architect, but I trained as a teacher; I worked in publishing; I was a waitress. Deborah Moggach

Teacher Architect Waitress Trained Wanted Worked Landscape Publishing

My parents were both writers - they would type their manuscripts sitting side by side on the veranda of our house near Watford - so I wanted to do something different. I wanted to be a bluegrass singer, an architect, a landscape gardener, or to do something with animals. Deborah Moggach

When he was eighteen, my dad went off to college to become an architect. Diana Lopez

College Become Architect He Off Eighteen Dad

If you take guys like Exequiel Bustillo, the architect who designed the early park infrastructure in Argentina, or the great American architects, these guys had a vision that thrust the national park idea into the public eye. Douglas Tompkins

Great You Vision National Great American Eye Architect Architects Guys Park Argentina Take Had Thrust Idea Like National Park American Public Infrastructure Public Eye Who Designed Early

I can't imagine having a spouse who is not an architect. It's hard to put myself in the shoes of other couples where each partner brings totally different things from their day to the table. Elizabeth Diller

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