Famous quotes from architects
1. "LESS IS MORE" "Less is more" - Master architect Mies van der Rohe
2. "People are "Manisthemeasureofallthings." - Vitruvius.
3. "Before the architect forms the hive out of beeswax, he has already formed it in his mind, and the result at the end of the labor process has already been formed. At the beginning of the labor process, it exists in the concept of labor, so it already exists conceptually." - Marx's "Das Kapital"
4. He Jingtang's famous saying: We should put the great benefits of society first. Architects should regard the entire society as the biggest owner. This should be the pursuit of every architect.
5. "Architecture is a scientific art that uses structure to express ideas." F. L. Wright
6. The best architecture is like this. We are deep inside it, but we don’t know where nature ends and art begins. ——Lin Yutang
7. "Doctors can hide their mistakes, but architects have to live with their mistakes" ---- Architect I.M. Pei
8. "Form follows function" -----American architect Sullivan
9. "Show me your city, and I can tell you what the city is pursuing culturally. What is it?" -------- World-renowned planner and architect Ilir Saarinen
10. "The building itself should look like it was born from the soil."
"Be careful with your house, it will make your social class clear at a glance"
——Paul Fussell's "Style"
Only those who understand the four seasons can Understanding the art of life
——Lin Yutang
Architecture is the "history book of stone". "There is no important human thought that is not written on stone by the art of architecture... Human beings All the thoughts have their glorious pages in this big book and its monument."
——The great French writer Victor Hugo
Tranquility is the relief of pain and fear. A truly great remedy, whether luxurious or humble, it is the architect's job to make tranquility a constant presence in the home.
————Baragan
Beauty lies in the combination of natural landscape and artistic expression
————Baragan
Man-made house , Houses also create people.
——Churchill
The first thing that determines the value of real estate is location, the second is location, and the third is location.
——Li Ka-shing
“When we think of any important civilization, we have a habit of using great buildings to represent it.”
——Contemporary art historian Jackson
“People are accustomed to calling architecture the chronicle of the world; when songs and legends have been silenced, there is nothing to remind people of the ancient times that have never returned. When the nation emerged, only architecture still spoke. The pages of the 'Stone Book' recorded the era of human history." ——Soviet esthetician Borev
Architecture is. An adventure
——Koolhaas
There are no buildings in China, only houses.
——Liang Sicheng
“A city is an open book, from which you can see its ambitions.”
“Let me see your city , I can tell what the residents of this city are pursuing culturally.”
——Saarinen
“In my opinion, the history of modern architecture involves both the architecture itself and It also involves people's ideological and spiritual essence."
——Kenneth Frampton, "Modern Architecture - A Critical History"
"I put Gehry into perspective. Take it as an example of how the transition to bigger, more important projects has turned him from extreme candor to extreme falsehood.
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——Rem Koolhaas
If you are next to a pile of shit, why should you be in harmony with it?
——Zaha Hadid
"In terms of the order of existence or emergence, architecture is the earliest art"
——Hegel
"Architecture must move forward, otherwise it will wither. There is no ultimate in architecture, only constant transformation”
——Gropius
“Doctors can hide their mistakes, but architects have to live with their mistakes. Life"
——I.M. Pei
"In every building, I try my best to study something, such as light, sunlight, ventilation, views, shelter, roads, Security etc. Each building has something to help build vocabulary. ”
——Glenn Murcult: The Ordinary 2002 Pulitzer Prize Winner
The only theoretical purpose of life is to build a paradise on earth. ----------Hilte