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" 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. "

Ruth Bernhard

Beautiful

City

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" We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims. "

R. Buckminster Fuller

Architecture

Future

Victims

" I don't think that architecture is only about shelter, is only about a very simple enclosure. It should be able to excite you, to calm you, to make you think. "

" Blockchain technology isn't just a more efficient way to settle securities. It will fundamentally change market structures, and maybe even the architecture of the Internet itself. "

" I don't think architecture is radical. How can something that takes years and costs millions be radical? "

" A great building must begin with the unmeasurable, must go through measurable means when it is being designed and in the end must be unmeasurable. "

" Shoe design is like architecture - with the finest structure and tight, precise seams, it suits my obsessive neatness. "

" After my schooling, I was not thrilled by the idea of treading the usual doctor-engineer line. I wanted to pursue something artistic, and I was good at drawing. The options before me were architecture, fashion, and interior designing. "

" Architecture has curled up in a ball and it's about itself. It has found itself either as a freakshow, where you're not sure if it's good or bad but at least it's interesting, or at the behest of forces of commerce. "

David Chipperfield

Architecture

Good

" Not many architects have the luxury to reject significant things. "

" In addressing a task, one almost always has several possible options, sometimes only a few, and they may all be practical and functional. But they lack the aesthetic aspect that raises it to architecture. "

" I never talked about architecture with my father, which I regret. "

" I had a natural feeling for sculpture, and the nudes are my sculpture. "

" I don't want to do architecture that's dry and dull. "

" Architecture has a strong link with the movies in terms of time progression, sequencing, framing, all of that. "

Christian de Portzamparc

Strong

Time

Architecture

" 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. "

" Itjtawy was ancient Egypt's capital for over four hundred years, at a period of time called the Middle Kingdom about four thousand years ago. The site is located in the Faiyum of Egypt, and the site is really important because in the Middle Kingdom there was this great renaissance for ancient Egyptian art, architecture and religion. "

" I feel however, that we architects have a special duty and mission... (to contribute) to the socio-cultural development of architecture and urban planning. "

" Chandeliers are marvels of drop-dead showiness, the jewellery of architecture. "

" Oratory is the masterful art. Poetry, painting, music, sculpture, architecture please, thrill, inspire - but oratory rules. The orator dominates those who hear him, convinces their reason, controls their judgment, compels their action. For the time being, he is master. "

" I left science, then I went into art, but I approach things very analytically. I choose to pursue both art and architecture as completely separate fields rather than merging them. "

" Architecture is measured against the past; you build in the future, and you try to imagine the future. "

" I have a background in technology, design, architecture, arts and sciences. I see myself as a multi-dimensional person. "

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

" To make architecture with any real value is a massive challenge. "

" The terrifying and edible beauty of Art Nouveau architecture. "

" Instead of using the machine as a metaphor for architecture, as Le Corbusier did, I use the human body. I want the public to know that it's them I'm designing for. "

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

" I've always seen architecture as a healing art, not just as a beautification art. "

" Infrastructure is much more important than architecture. "

Rem Koolhaas

Much

Architecture

" Architecture is the beginning of something because it's - if you're not involved in first principles, if you're not involved in the absolute, the beginning of that generative process, it's cake decoration. "