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Materialism has never been so ominous as now in North America, as management takes over.
Nearly all of the advances in structural and aesthetic innovation is coming from abroad.
Construction is a matter of optimism; its a matter of facing the future with confidence.
Most of the wonderful places in the world were not made by architects but by the people.
There are a great many things about architecture that are hidden from the untrained eye.
New York: Prison towers and modern posters for soap and whiskey. Pittsburgh: Abandon it.
You can use an eraser on the drafting table or a sledge hammer on the construction site.
Everything we call a trial, a sorrow, or a duty, believe me, that angel's hand is there.
We want our buildings to work like a machine that will create a pleasurable environment.
I want to bring out the best in a community and contribute something of permanent value.
Only architecture that considers human scale and interaction is successful architecture.
The purpose of construction is TO MAKE THINGS HOLD TOGETHER; of architecture TO MOVE US.
For architecture, nature provides only indications and analogies, not models to imitate.
Consider the momentous event in architecture when the wall parted and the column became.
You cannot save wonderful towns. You can only save wonderful towns by building new ones.
I am not a finisher, I am a starter. And I am always thinking, what is the next project.
Architecture is basically the design of interiors, the art of organizing interior space.
People never leave a sinking ship until they see the lights of another ship approaching.
We must do away with the absolutely specious notion that everybody has to earn a living.
Most of my advances were by mistake. You uncover what is when you get rid of what isn't.
The question of integrity will get finer and finer and more delicate and more beautiful.
The first thing you've got to remember is that it's your clients' money you're spending.
If you elect a matinee idol mayor, you're going to have a musical comedy administration.
All architecture has a public nature, I believe, so I would like to make a public space.
It was Chicago with its World's Fair which vivified the national desire for civic beauty.
It is a terrific thing to get a building built that has the qualities of greatness in it.
Never turn down a job because you think it's too small; you don't know where it can lead.
No design is possible until the materials with which you design are completely understood
There is no such thing as a failed experiment, only experiments with unexpected outcomes.
The most important thing about Spaceship Earth - an instruction book didn't come with it.
As an architect, you cannot be so arrogant as to say you are 100% sure about what you do.
The Ranelagh Gardens in Chelsea provide plenty of opportunities to walk, think and relax.
No. I don't have the patience, and I'm not very tactful. People say I can be frightening.
The great book, always open and which we should make an effort to read, is that of Nature.
We live in a time of renaissance ... cities are coming back to life, after a long neglect.
Young people have the advantage because they have their whole lives open to be astonished.
But what makes my job so great is there's no one answer that's right for every restaurant.
Taste is a matter of ignorance. If you know what you are tasting, you don't have to taste.
The gloom of the world is but a shadow; behind it, yet within our reach, is joy. Take joy.
Virtue is its own reward. There's a pleasure in doing good which sufficiently pays itself.
Repentance for past crimes is just and easy; but sin-no-more's a task too hard for mortals
Design is not making beauty, beauty emerges from selection, affinities, integration, love.
Not yesterday, not tomorrow, only today can be given form. Only this architecture creates.
If you create the stage setting and it is grand, everyone who enters will play their part.
Curves are the essence of my work because they are the essence of Brazil, pure and simple.
I pick up my pen. It flows. A building appears. There it is. There is nothing more to say.
In order for a world-around democracy to prosper, world society must learn how to prosper.
I must reorganize the environment of man by which then greater numbers of men can prosper.
I don't see any difference between architecture and engineering. It's the same profession.
The reality is that throughout my career I've tackled projects in Spain that I'm proud of.