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" There's no architect who doesn't want to build a library - and I am no different. With so much scrutiny now attached to reading - because of technology and how we approach it as a social activity - that is a very exciting area in architecture. "

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" Just as it takes time for a speck of fish spawn to develop into a fully grown fish, so, too, we need time for everything that develops and crystallizes in the world of ideas. Architecture demands more of this time than other creative work. "

Alvar Aalto

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" I think that narrative, fiction filmmaking is the culmination of several art forms: theater, art history, architecture. Whereas doc filmmaking is more pure cinema, like cinema verite is film in its purest form. "

" I'm not so interested in technology for technology's sake. I don't need incredibly sophisticated climate-control systems. And I'm absolutely amazed at the time people spend exchanging messages; I don't have a lot of time left over for those things. "

" I paint mostly from real life. It has to start with that. Real people, real street scenes, behind the curtain scenes, live models, paintings, photographs, staged setups, architecture, grids, graphic design. Whatever it takes to make it work. "

" There is no sadder tale in the annals of architecture than the virtual disappearance of the defining architectural form of the Modern Movement - publicly sponsored housing. "

" We are always looking ahead to anticipate what next, and our unique innovation architecture enables us to take an innovation-led approach to help our clients invent the future. "

" Before the professionalization of architecture in the nineteenth century, it was standard for an aspiring mason or carpenter to begin his apprenticeship at fourteen and to become a master builder by his early twenties. "

" I went to school for engineering, I studied jazz. So I always had this kind of creative side and technical side, and I thought architecture might be the way to combine them, so I went to architecture school in New York. "

" Newport Center has become a Mediterranean town. The climate here is the same as the Mediterranean's, and so is the architecture. This center exudes a radiance, an energy. It will become a special way of life for everyone. "

" The dialogue of architecture has been centered too long around the idea of truth. "

" I'm a designer, which includes interiors, architecture, fashion, furniture, and lifestyle. "

" No architecture is so haughty as that which is simple. "

" Theater publicly reveals the human condition through appealing to both intellect and emotion. Architecture, whether lowly or exalted, can do the same. "

" Does an architecture to assuage the spirit have a place? "

" Good conductors know when to let an orchestra lead itself. Ninety percent of what a conductor does comes in the rehearsal - the vision, the structure, the architecture. "

" I think architecture has to be a gift. "

" I love building spaces: architecture, furniture, all of it, probably more than fashion. The development procedure is more tactile. It's about space and form and it's something you can share with other people. "

" Japanese architecture is traditionally based on wooden structures that need renovating on a regular basis. "

" What is being called the UN 'gender architecture' is more like a shack. Women need a bigger global house if equality is ever to become a reality. "

" 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. "

" Opera should be a place for art forms to meet. I've worked a lot with Peter Gabriel; his music isn't operatic, but he creates big, popular gatherings to which architecture, dance, and music are all invited. "

" I think I went to Italy initially for the art, architecture, food and history, but I stayed there because of the people in Cortona. "

" In the big picture, architecture is the art and science of making sure that our cities and buildings fit with the way we want to live our lives. "

" I want to explore my design philosophy in different mediums, and I'm very interested in architecture. "

" To me, a building - if it's beautiful - is the love of one man, he's made it out of his love for space, materials, things like that. "

Martha Graham

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Man

" Winning a competition in architecture is a ticket to oblivion. It's just an idea. Ninety-nine per cent never get built. "

" I would like my architecture to inspire people to use their own resources, to move into the future. "

" It's my goal to make a building as immaterial as possible. Architecture is a very material thing. It takes a lot of resources, so why not eliminate what you don't need as long as you're able to achieve the same result? "

" The problem with digital architecture is that an algorithm can produce endless variations, so an architect has many choices. "

" There's a snobbery at work in architecture. The subject is too often treated as a fine art, delicately wrapped in mumbo-jumbo. In reality, it's an all-embracing discipline taking in science, art, maths, engineering, climate, nature, politics, economics. "