FAMOUS ARCHITECT DICTUMS

WE ARE CALLED TO BE ARCHITECTS OF THE FUTURE, NOT ITS

ARCHITECTURE MUST MEET 3 REQUIREMENTS: VICTIMS.
FORM EVER FOLLOWS FUNCTION. -RICHARD BUCKMINSTER FULLER
-LOUIS HENRY SULLIVAN
DOING MORE WITH LESS.
OUR ARCHITECTURE REFLECTS TRULY AS A MIRROR. -RICHARD BUCKMINSTER FULLER
-LOUIS HENRI SULLIVAN
"WHEN I AM WORKING ON A PROBLEM, I NEVER THINK ABOUT
"THE ARCHITECT WHO COMBINES IN HIS BEING THE POWERS BEAUTY... BUT WHEN I HAVE FINISHED, IF THE SOLUTION IS
OF VISION, OF IMAGINATION, OF INTELLECT, OF SYMPATHY NOT BEAUTIFUL, I KNOW IT IS WRONG"
WITH HUMAN NEED AND THE POWER TO INTERPRET THEM IN A -BUCKMINSTER FULLER
LANGUAGE VERNACULAR AND TIME--- IS HE WHO SHALL
CREATE POEMS IN STONE." "MAKE BIG PLANS; AIM HIGH IN HOPE AND WORK,
- LOUIS SULLIVAN REMEMBERING THAT A NOBLE, LOGICAL DIAGRAM ONCE
RECORDED WILL NOT DIE"
FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION -DANIEL BURNHAM
- LOUIS SULLIVAN
"MAKE NO LITTLE PLANS; THEY HAVE NO MAGIC TO STIR MEN'S
"FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION- THAT HAS BEEN BLOOD"
MISUNDERSTOOD. FORM AND FUNCTION SHOULD BE ONE, -DANIEL BURNHAM
JOINED IN A SPIRITUAL UNION"
-FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT FORM DOES NOT NECESSARILY FOLLOW FUNCTION -
ANTONIO GAUDI
ARCHITECTURE IS ORGANIC
- FRANK LLYOD WRIGHT THOSE WHO LOOK FOR THE LAWS OF NATURE AS A SUPPORT
FOR THEIR NEW WORKS COLLABORATE WITH THE CREATOR.
THE THING ALWAYS HAPPENS THAT YOU REALLY BELIEVE IN; -ANONIO GAUDI
AND THE BELIEF IN A THING MAKES IT HAPPEN.
-FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT "ARCHITECTURE IS THE REACHING OUT FOR THE TRUTH"
-LOUIS KAHN
A DOCTOR CAN BURY HIS MISTAKES BUT AN ARCHITECT CAN
ONLY ADVISE HIS CLIENT TO PLANT VINES. A HOUSE IS A HOUSE
-FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT - LOUIS KAHN

THE GOOD BUILDING IS NOT ONE THAT HURTS THE A BRIDGE IS LIKE A HOUSE
LANDSCAPE, BUT ONE WHICH MAKES THE LANDSCAPE MORE - ROBERT MAILLART
BEAUTIFUL THAN IT WAS BEFORE THE BUILDING WAS BUILT.
-FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT FUNCTION INFLUENCE BUT DOES NOT DICTATE FORM
- EERO SAARINEN
"ARCHITECTURE IS THE TRIUMPH OF HUMAN IMAGINATION
OVER MATERIALS, METHODS, AND MEN, TO PUT MAN INTO ARCHITECTURAL-FORM EQUALS SOCIAL-FORM
POSSESSION OF HIS OWN EARTH" -ELIEL SAARINEN
-FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
"ALL ARCHITECTS WANT TO LIVE BEYOND THEIR DEATHS"
AN ARCHITECTS MOST USEFUL TOOLS ARE AN ERASER AT -PHILIP JOHNSON
THE DRAFTING BOARD, AND A WRECKING BAR AT THE SITE.
-FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT GOD IS IN THE DETAILS
-LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE
"EVERY GREAT ARCHITECT IS- NECESSARILY - A GREAT POET.
HE MUST BE A GREAT ORIGINAL INTERPRETER OF HIS TIME, ARCHITECTURE STARTS WHEN YOU CAREFULLY PUT TWO
HIS DAY, HIS AGE" BRICKS TOGETHER. THERE IT BEGINS.
-FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT -LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE

ALL FINE ARCHITECTURAL VALUES ARE HUMAN VALES, ELSE "ARCHITECTURE IS THE WILL OF AN EPOCH TRANSLATED INTO
NOT VALUABLE. SPACE"
-FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT -LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE

I KNOW THE PRICE OF SUCCESS: DEDICATION, HARD WORK "ARCHITECTURE STARTS WHEN YOU CAREFULLY PUT TWO
AND AN UNREMITTING DEVOTION TO THE THINGS YOU WANT BRICKS TOGETHER. THERE IT BEGINS"
TO SEE HAPPEN. -LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE
-FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
LESS IS MORE. A MODERN, HARMONIC AND LIVELY ARCHITECTURE IS THE
-LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE VISIBLE SIGN OF AN AUTHENTIC DEMOCRACY.
-WALTER GROPIUS
"LESS IS A BORE"
-ROBERT VENTURI A HARMONIOUS DESIGN REQUIRES THAT NOTHING BE ADDED
OR TAKEN AWAY.
MORE IS MORE. MARCUS VITRUVIUS POLLIO
-ROBERT VENTURI
ARCHITECTURE IS A SCIENCE ARISING OUT OF MANY OTHER
FORMS ACCOMMODATES FUNCTION SCIENCES, AND ADORNED WITH MUCH AND VARIED LEARNING;
-ROBERT VENTURI BY THE HELP OF WHICH A JUDGMENT IS FORMED OF THOSE
WORKS WHICH ARE THE RESULT OF OTHER ARTS.
"TAKE CARE OF THE LUXURIES - MARCUS VITRUVIUS POLLIO
AND THE NECESSITIES WILL TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES"
-LE CORBUSIER STRENGTH, BEAUTY, AND UNITY
-MARCUS VITRUVIUS POLLIO
"I PREFER DRAWING TO TALKING. DRAWING IS FASTER,
AND LEAVES LESS ROOM FOR LIES" ALL ARCHITECTURE IS SHELTER, ALL GREAT ARCHITECTURE
-LE CORBUSIER IS THE DESIGN OF SPACE THAT CONTAINS, CUDDLES, EXALTS,
OR STIMULATES THE PERSONS IN THAT SPACE.
"SPACE AND LIGHT AND ORDER. THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT -PHILIP JOHNSON
MEN NEED JUST AS MUCH AS THEY NEED BREAD OR A PLACE
TO SLEEP" ARCHITECTURE IS THE ART OF HOW TO WASTE SPACE.
-LE CORBUSIER -PHILIP JOHNSON

"THE HOME SHOULD BE THE TREASURE CHEST OF LIVING" ALL ARCHITECTS WANT TO LIVE BEYOND THEIR DEATHS.
LE CORBUSIER -PHILIP JOHNSON

"ARCHITECTURE IS THE LEARNED GAME, CORRECT AND
MAGNIFICANT, OF FORMS ASSEMBLED IN THE LIGHT"
-LE CORBUSIER
CUBE WITHIN A CUBE
- LE CORBUSIER
"THE HOUSE IS A MACHINE FOR LIVING IN"
- LE CORBUSIER
ARCHITECTURE IS THE LEARNED GAME, CORRECT AND
MAGNIFICENT, OF FORMS ASSEMBLED IN THE LIGHT.
-LE CORBUSIER
TO CREATE ARCHITECTURE IS TO PUT IN ORDER. PUT WHAT
IN ORDER? FUNCTION AND OBJECTS.
-LE CORBUSIER
ITS VERY ATMOSPHERIC. ITS NOT A BUILDING THAT IS A
SEVERE STATEMENT IN THE SKYLINE. WE NEED THE HEIGHT;
OTHERWISE, THE BUILDING ALMOST DISAPPEARS BECAUSE IT
IS SO SLENDER.
-SANTIAGO CALATRAVA
ART AND ARCHITECTURE, THE NEW UNITY
- WALTER GROPIUS
ARCHITECTS TODAY TEND TO DEPRECIATE THEMSELVES, TO
REGARD THEMSELVES AS NO MORE THAN JUST ORDINARY
CITIZENS WITHOUT THE POWER TO REFORM THE FUTURE.
-KENZO TANGE
MODERN ARCHITECTURE NEED NOT TO BE WESTERN
- KENZO TANGE
THE CITY MUST BE SUBJECT TO GROWTH, DECAY AND
RENEWAL
-KENZO TANGE
I BELIEVE THAT THE WAY PEOPLE LIVE CAN BE DIRECTED A
LITTLE BY ARCHITECTURE.
-TADAO ANDO
I WOULD LIKE MY ARCHITECTURE TO INSPIRE PEOPLE TO USE
THEIR OWN RESOURCES, TO MOVE INTO THE FUTURE.
-TADAO ANDO
I HOPE THAT AMERICA AS A WHOLE, AND ESPECIALLY ITS
ARCHITECTS, WILL BECOME MORE SERIOUSLY INVOLVED IN
PRODUCING A NEW ARCHITECTURAL CULTURE THAT WOULD
BRING THE NATION TO THE APEX WHERE IT HAS STOOD
BEFORE AND LEAD THE WORLD.
-TADAO ANDO

ARCHITECTURE BEGINS WHERE ENGINEERING ENDS.
-WALTER GROPIUS
A MODERN, HARMONIC AND LIVELY ARCHITECTURE IS THE
VISIBLE SIGN OF AN AUTHENTIC DEMOCRACY.
-WALTER GROPIUS
THAT ABSTRACT FORMS, DERIVED FROM TECHNOLOGY AND
FUNCTION, CAN BE USED SENSITIVELY IN EVERYDAY
COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS, LARGE URBAN SCHEMES, AND
MONUMENTS.
-IOH MING PEI
"IT IS NOT AN INDIVIDUAL ACT, ARCHITECTURE. YOU HAVE TO
CONSIDER YOUR CLIENT. ONLY OUT OF THAT CAN YOU
PRODUCE GREAT ARCHITECTURE. YOU CANNOT WORK IN THE
ABSTRACT"
-IOH MING PEI
AN IMPORTANT WORK OF ARCHITECTURE WILL CREATE
POLEMICS.
-RICHARD MEIER
MY PASSION AND GREAT ENJOYMENT FOR ARCHITECTURE,
AND THE REASON THE OLDER I GET THE MORE I ENJOY IT, IS
BECAUSE I BELIEVE WE ARCHITECTS CAN EFFECT THE
QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE PEOPLE.
-RICHARD ROGERS
I THINK MY BEST SKILL AS AN ARCHITECT IS THE
ACHIEVEMENT OF HAND-TO-EYE COORDINATION. I AM ABLE TO
TRANSFER A SKETCH INTO A MODEL INTO THE BUILDING.
-FRANK GEHRY
ARCHITECTURE SHOULD SPEAK OF ITS TIME AND PLACE, BUT
YEARN FOR TIMELESSNESS.
-FRANK GEHRY
IN ANY ARCHITECTURE, THERE IS AN EQUITY BETWEEN THE
PRAGMATIC FUNCTION AND THE SYMBOLIC FUNCTION.
-MICHAEL GRAVES
ESCAPE FROM THE ARCHITECTURE GHETTO IS ONE OF THE
MAJOR DRIVERS AND HAS BEEN FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.
-REM KOOLHAAS
NOT MANY ARCHITECTS HAVE THE LUXURY TO REJECT
SIGNIFICANT THINGS.
-REM KOOLHAAS
PEOPLE CAN INHABIT ANYTHING. AND THEY CAN BE
MISERABLE IN ANYTHING AND ECSTATIC IN ANYTHING. MORE
AND MORE I THINK THAT ARCHITECTURE HAS NOTHING TO DO
WITH IT. OF COURSE, THATS BOTH LIBERATING AND
ALARMING.
-REM KOOLHAAS
ANY ARCHITECTURAL PROJECT WE DO TAKES AT LEAST
FOUR OR FIVE YEARS, SO INCREASINGLY THERE IS A
DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE ACCELERATION OF CULTURE
AND THE CONTINUING SLOWNESS OF ARCHITECTURE.
-REM KOOLHAAS
ALWAYS DESIGN A THING BY CONSIDERING IT IN ITS NEXT
LARGER CONTEXT A CHAIR IN A ROOM, A ROOM IN A HOUSE,
A HOUSE IN AN ENVIRONMENT, AN ENVIRONMENT IN A CITY
PLAN.
-ELIEL SAARINEN
ARCHITECTURAL-FORM EQUALS SOCIAL-FORM.
-ELIEL SAARINEN
FUNCTION INFLUENCE BUT DOES NOT DICTATE FORM
- EERO SAARINEN
"THE PURPOSE OF ARCHITECTURE IS TO SHELTER AND
ENHANCE MAN'S LIFE ON EARTH AND TO FULFILL HIS BELIEF IN
THE NOBILITY OF HIS EXISTENCE"
-EERO SAARINEN
"TO ME, THE DRAWN LANGUAGE IS A VERY REVEALING
LANGUAGE, ONE CAN SEE IN A FEW LINES WHETHER A MAN IS
REALLY AN ARCHITECT"
-EERO SAARINEN
NOTHING IS AS DANGEROUS IN ARCHITECTURE AS DEALING
WITH SEPARATED PROBLEMS. IF WE SPLIT LIFE INTO
SEPARATED PROBLEMS WE SPLIT THE POSSIBILITIES TO MAKE
GOOD BUILDING ART.
-ALVAR AALTO
ARCHITECTURE HAS RECORDED THE GREAT IDEAS OF THE
HUMAN RACE. NOT ONLY EVERY RELIGIOUS SYMBOL, BUT
EVERY HUMAN THOUGHT HAS ITS PAGE IN THAT VAST BOOK.
-VICTOR HUGO
ARCHITECTURE IS A ART WHEN ONE CONSCIOUSLY OR
UNCONSCIOUSLY CREATES AESTHETIC EMOTION IN THE
ATMOSPHERE AND WHEN THIS ENVIRONMENT PRODUCES
WELL BEING.
-LUIS BARRAGAN
IT IS ESSENTIAL TO AN ARCHITECT TO KNOW HOW TO SEE: I
MEAN, TO SEE IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE VISION IS NOT
OVERPOWERED BY RATIONAL ANALYSIS.
-LUIS BARRAGAN
DOES IT FOLLOW THAT THE HOUSE HAS NOTHING IN
COMMON WITH ART AND IS ARCHITECTURE NOT TO BE
INCLUDED IN THE ARTS? ONLY A VERY SMALL PART OF
ARCHITECTURE BELONGS TO ART: THE TOMB AND THE
MONUMENT. EVERYTHING ELSE THAT FULFILS A FUNCTION IS
TO BE EXCLUDED FROM THE DOMAIN OF ART.
-ADOLF LOOS
ARCHITECTURE AROUSES SENTIMENTS IN MAN. THE
ARCHITECTS TASK THEREFORE, IS TO MAKE THOSE
SENTIMENTS MORE PRECISE.
-ADOLF LOOS
EACH NEW SITUATION REQUIRES A NEW ARCHITECTURE.
-JEAN NOUVEL
TO PROVIDE MEANINGFUL ARCHITECTURE IS NOT TO
PARODY HISTORY BUT TO ARTICULATE IT.
-DANIEL LIBESKIND
IT IS INSUFFICIENT FOR ARCHITECTURE TODAY TO DIRECTLY
IMPLEMENT AN EXISTING BUILDING TYPOLOGY; IT INSTEAD
REQUIRES ARCHITECTS TO CAREFULLY EXAMINE THE WHOLE
AREA WITH NEW INTERVENTIONS AND PROGRAMMATIC
TYPOLOGIES.
-ZAHA HADID