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" The shan-shui city idea is trying to bring traditional values and ways of living to modern high-rise architecture. "

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" To me, form doesn't always follow function. Form has a life of its own, and at times, it may be the motivating force in design. When you're dealing with form as a sculptor, you feel that you are quite free in attempting to mould and shape things you want to do, but in architecture, it's much more difficult because it has to have a function. "

" You have to accept as an architect to be exposed to criticism. Architecture should not rely on full harmony. "

" There is a lot of interest in the arts, music, theatre, filmmaking, engineering, architecture and software design. I think we have now transitioned the modern-day version of the entrepreneur into the creative economy. "

" We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us. "

Winston Churchill

" I love walking along Leith's waterfront and wandering around some of New Town's beautiful streets and squares, with their gorgeous Georgian architecture. "

Dexter Fletcher

" To me... San Francisco is an ideal city, intellectually stimulating and naturally beautiful. The oceans and forests are close enough to refresh the spirit; the architecture is always exciting. "

" It is not with architecture that one can disseminate any political ideology. "

" I love the architecture magazines and all of the French magazines for decoration or whatever. I end up enjoying them more sometimes than the fashion magazines. "

" There are a lot of bad films out there. There's a lot of bad architecture out there, and I think sometimes it takes a lot of time to begin to see what's really good. And I think what the test seems to be is, what really sticks with you. And what really becomes a part of your life. "

" Architecture must not do violence to space or its neighbors. "

" We were kind of arrogant when we started and became really humbled as we were doing architecture. It's really hard to work with budgets and deadlines and all of these collaborators and all of these voices and special interests. "

Elizabeth Diller

" We need to be brave and tell the politicians what a better future could be. "

" I don't like to talk about sustainability, because sometimes I see green buildings that don't appear any different from those in the past. "

" In a traditional Japanese or Chinese garden, it's not only about the building or temple but about the whole setup - the structure, the landscape, the light, the plants, the water. The whole experience that makes your life there so beautiful. "

" To create architecture is to put in order. Put what in order? Function and objects. "

" On inspection, Gaudi's architecture isn't whimsical at all. "

" My university degree is in art and, yes, I do a lot of drawing for all my books. I have a big drafting table set up in a spare bedroom and I cover it with maps and house plans and sketches that I use in the books. Also, I truly love architecture, so that plays a big part in all my books. "

" I always look forward to the next project. That is one of the wonderful things about architecture - you always can hope for another project to design. "

" In 1996, I took advantage of some favourable circumstances to propose to the state of the Ticino Canton the foundation of the Academy of Architecture and, with it, an Italian-speaking university in Switzerland. "

" What's interesting about architects is, we always have tried to justify beauty by looking to nature, and arguably, beautiful architecture has always been looking at a model of nature. "

" In Los Angeles, by the time you're 35, you're older than most of the buildings. "

" I've never owned an Apple product. I like the fact that PCs are open architecture and not locked down like Apple products. I feel that Macs are also unjustifiably overpriced. "

" If architecture had nothing to do with art, it would be astonishingly easy to build houses, but the architect's task - his most difficult task - is always that of selecting. "

" Architecture is always political. "

" I practised as an architect for 10 years. I qualified in 1973 with a fellowship diploma of architecture. World Series Cricket gave me the freedom to go out and pursue architecture. "

" You don't need to spend a lot of money on stuff when you have amazing architecture. "

" If you look at ancient Chinese paintings, you see mountains, but they are not real mountains; it is something the artists imagined. "

" I went from fashion to glass in 1995, and I'm very interested in architecture. "

" Information and inspiration are everywhere... history, art, architecture, everything an illustrator needs. Europe is, after all, the land that has generated most of the enduring myths and legends of Western culture. "

" Everything about camera movement, about how film was made, shot architecture, and time management... I was horrible at all that. "