Architects Quotes
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Ten years after Dayton, that these two primary architects of these appalling crimes should still be free is a failure on all sides.
Paddy Ashdown
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When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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There will never be great architects or great architecture without great patrons.
Edwin Lutyens
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Some architects have a preconceived notion of what a building should be
Curtis W. Fentress
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Faced with unmeasurables, people steer their way by magic. Before the invention of navigational instruments, a beautiful lady was carved on the prow of the boat to help sailors cross the ocean; and architects, grappling with the intangibles of design, select a guru whose work gives them personal help in areas where there are few rules to follow. The guru, as architectural father-figure, is subject to intense hate and love; either way, the relationship is personal, and necessarily one-to-one.
Denise Scott Brown
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Architects don’t invent anything; they transform reality.
Alvaro Siza Vieira
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...architects (should) involve themselves continuously in anticipatory design as recommended by Buckminster Fuller
Cedric Price
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The ultimate aim of education is to enable individuals to become the architects of their own education and through that process to continually reinvent themselves.
Elliot W. Eisner
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A greater awareness in architects and planners of their real value to society could, at the present, result in that rare occurrence, namely, the improvement of the quality of life as a result of architectural endeavour.
Cedric Price
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When the materials are all prepared and ready, the architects shall appear.
Walt Whitman
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Some architects, such as John Lautner, never really did anything other than houses. His entire portfolio is basically residential. There's nothing wrong with that.
Steven Holl
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For me, architects and film directors operate similarly. They are practical. As an architect, you know what you want in the conception of a space - but you still need a lot of people to help you out. You need an engineer, interior architects. But a film is the same - you have all these elements. But in terms of concept, it's always about time. When you approach a building, you need time to go from point A to B. Buildings are designed as a journey and films are the same, you have an opening that you come through, an angle you follow, maybe a disruption in space.
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
