The rules of navigation never navigated a ship. The rules of architecture never built a house. - Thomas Reid
But I absolutely believe that architecture is a social activity that has to do with some sort of communication or places of interaction, and that to change the environment is to change behaviour. - Thom Mayne
Space has always been the spiritual dimension of architecture. It is not the physical statement of the structure so much as what it contains that moves us. - Arthur Erickson
Georgian architecture respected the scale of both the individual and the community. - Stephen Gardiner
First, there is the bare beauty of the logs themselves with their long lines and firm curves. Then there is the open charm felt of the structural features which are not hidden under plaster and ornament, but are clearly revealed, a charm felt in Japanese architecture. - Gustav Stickley
Trying to describe something musical is like dancing to architecture, it's really difficult. - Robert Palmer
Architecture, of all the arts, is the one which acts the most slowly, but the most surely, on the soul. - Ernest Dimnet
There is a powerful need for symbolism, and that means the architecture must have something that appeals to the human heart. There is a powerful need for symbolism, and that means the architecture must have something that appeals to the human heart. - Kenzo Tange
You can just drift unhappily towards this vision of heaven on earth, and ultimately that is what architecture is a vision of: Heaven on earth, at it's best. - Ben Nicholson
At this present time, matter is still the best way to think of architecture, but I'm not so sure for very long. The computer is radicalizing the way we think about our world. - Ben Nicholson
Every time a student walks past a really urgent, expressive piece of architecture that belongs to his college, it can help reassure him that he does have that mind, does have that soul. - Louis Kahn
Today's developer is a poor substitute for the committed entrepreneur of the last century for whom the work of architecture represented a chance to celebrate the worth of his enterprise. - Arthur Erickson
The aesthetic of architecture has to be rooted in a broader idea about human activities like walking, relaxing and communicating. Architecture thinks about how these activities can be given added value. - Thom Mayne
In fact, it will be very easy to climb the building because of its shape and architecture. - Alain Robert
Charles was very intent to use his years as Prince of Wales to make his mark while he still had freedom of maneuver that he wouldn't have as King. The first subject he really went for was architecture. It made an impact. - Anthony Holden
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
Winning a competition in architecture is a ticket to oblivion. It's just an idea. Ninety-nine per cent never get built. - Daniel Libeskind
People kind of tend to mystify design and architecture by suggesting you need to train. - Marc Newson
In addressing a task, one almost always has several possible options, sometimes only a few, and they may all be practical and functional. But they lack the aesthetic aspect that raises it to architecture. - Arne Jacobsen
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
Art is very tricky because it's what you do for yourself. It's much harder for me to make those works than the monuments or the architecture. - Maya Lin
The logic of Palladian architecture presented an aesthetic formula which could be applied universally. - Stephen Gardiner