Architecture – Quotes

Architecture is the king

Architecture is the king or queen of the arts. Gaetano Pesce

I viewed the station as a place, a terrain where I could put a new architecture in place. The station was, of course, an historic monument, but it does not deserve all the respect given it when it is said it is perfect, original and coherent expression of a past that we must revere. Orsay … Read more

A real building is

A real building is one on which the eye can light and stay lit. Ezra Pound

The Welsh are the

The Welsh are the only nation in the world that has produced no graphic or plastic art, no architecture, no drama. They just sing. Sing and blow down wind instruments of plated silver. Evelyn Waugh

I just love architecture,

I just love architecture, and I just love the idea of being someone who sees the world differently and doing everything you can do in order to actualize that dream. And really sticking to your guns when everyone else is telling you that you’re crazy. Eva Mendes

The Last American Man

The Last American Man by Elizabeth Gilbert… I don’t live inside buildings because buildings are dead places where nothing grows, where water doesn’t flow, and where life stops. I don’t want to live in a dead place. People say that I don’t live in a real world, but it’s modern Americans who live in a … Read more

For more than twenty

For more than twenty years by my own work and personal initiative, I have gathered from all the old streets of Vieux Paris photographic plates, 18 x 24 format, artistic documents of the beautiful civil architecture of the 16th to the 19th century: the old hôtels, historic or curious houses, beautiful facades, beautiful doors, beautiful … Read more

My furniture is an

My furniture is an exercise in architecture or architectural mood. Ettore Sottsass

I make no special

I make no special difference between architecture and design, they are two different stages of invention. Ettore Sottsass

Art is humanity’s most

Art is humanity’s most essential, most universal language. It is not a frill, but a necessary part of communication. The quality of civilization can be measured through its music, dance, drama, architecture, visual art and literature. We must give our children knowledge and understanding of civilization’s most profound works. Ernest L. Boyer