Witold Rybczynski Quotes

United States, Architect
March 1, 1943

Witold Rybczynski is a Canadian American architect, professor and writer. He is currently the Martin and Margy Meyerson Professor Emeritus of Urbanism at the University of Pennsylvania.

Also known as Writer

Television watching should more properly be called television staring; it engages eye and ear simultaneously in a relentless and persistent way and leaves no room for daydreaming. This is what makes watching such an inferior form of leisure

Witold Rybczynski
- Eye
- Staring
- Persistent
The most beautiful house in the world is the one that you build for yourself.

Witold Rybczynski
- World
- House
- Beautiful

While cities are distinguished by their architecture and physical appearance, Bell and de-Shalit make a compelling case that many major world cities--and their inhabitants--also express their own distinctive ethos or values. The Spirit of Cities takes the reader on a wide-ranging and lively personal journey.

Witold Rybczynski
- World
- Spirit
- Journey
There are scores of books offering 'solutions' to sprawl. Their authors would do well to read this book.

Witold Rybczynski
- Wells
- Score
- Offering
Architecture is an applied art, founded not on theories but on practice.

Witold Rybczynski
You could walk out of the house, but you always returned home.

Witold Rybczynski
- Home
- House
- Walks
For where else, if not in the home, can we let our imagination wander?

Witold Rybczynski
- Home
- Imagination
- Wander