Architect Quotes

I pick up my pen. It flows. A building appears. There it is. There is nothing more to say.
I search for surprise in my architecture. A work of art should cause the emotion of newness.
I think of myself as no more than 60. What I could do at 60, I can still do now.
It is not with architecture that one can disseminate any political ideology.
It was the drawing that led me to architecture, the search for light and astonishing forms.
My work is not about 'form follows function,' but 'form follows beauty' or, even better, 'form follows feminine.'
Of course, I have given my engineers some headaches over the years, but they go with me. I have always wanted my buildings to be as light as possible, to touch the ground gently, to swoop and soar, and to surprise.
Right angles don't attract me. Nor straight, hard and inflexible lines created by man.
Sometimes I lose a whole morning waiting on journalists and other people who look for me. But I always find some time for reading, talking to my friends and feeling what is happening in this world.
Surprise is key in all art.
The artistic capability of reinforced concrete is so fantastic - that is the way to go.
The challenge of a cathedral is very good for architectural inventiveness.
There is no reason to design buildings that are more basic and rectilinear, because with concrete you can cover almost any space.
When I was very little my mother said I used to draw in the air with my fingers. I needed a pencil. Once I could hold one, I have drawn every day since.
When students leave college, they are like children who know nothing about the problems of life, and don't have a political stance.
Architects feel empowered to give opinions about politics and sociology and philosophy without knowing much about it. Kind of in the same way that they think they can design furniture or fashion or utensils for dining.
Buildings are forms of performances.
I play only classical music. My pianos are my only big indulgence, but they're a necessity. When I'm playing the piano is literally the only time I can be completely abstract and disconnected from the regular world and yet be connected - to my music.
I think architects tend to believe that they can almost do anything, which is a wonderful characteristic, but in some cases you just fall flat.
I'm an expert on surfing the channels, so I'm always able to find something strange. Or I watch C-Span. I can watch a conference on oceanography, or whatever, for hours.
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