12 famous quotes by architects in the world

12 FAMOUS QUOTES BY ARCHITECTS IN THE WORLD

• TADAO ANDO

“I don’t believe architecture has to speak too much. It should remain silent and let nature in the guise of sunlight and wind”.

• OSCAR NIEMEYER

“When you have the large space to conquer, the curve is the natural solution.”

• PETER ZUMTHOR

“When I start, my first idea for a building is with material. I believe architecture is about that. It’s not about paper, it’s  not about form. It’s about space and material.”

• NORMAN FOSTER

“As an architect you design for the present with an awareness of the past for the future which is essentially unknown.”

• ZAHA HADID

“There are 360 degrees, so why stick to one?”

• PHILIP JOHNSON

“Architecture is the art of how to waste space.”

• LE CORBUSIER

“I prefer drawing to talking, drawing is faster and leaves less room for lie ”

• ELIEL SAARINEN

“Always design the thing by considering it in its next larger context – a chair in a room, a room in a house, a house in an environment, an environment in a city plan.”

• LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE

“Less is more.”

• FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT

“Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.”

• RENZO PIANO

“Architecture is a very dangerous job. If a writer makes a bad book, eh, people don’t read it. But if you make bad architecture, you impose ugliness on a place for a hundred years..”

• KEN YEANG

“In my heart I believe that biology is the beginning and the end of everything. It’s the biggest source of ideas, the biggest source of invention. Nobody can invent better than nature and so if you like nature is my biggest source of inspiration.”