Form follows form.

Architecture is the art of wasting space.

Functionality is not so important.

Serving customers is one thing, the art of architecture is another.

True architecture questions its field, takes risks, micromanages, defies tradition, breaks institutions, and creates an architecture that touches the heart, subverts the mind, and impresses. ——Philip Johnson

In architecture, there is no such thing as a good idea.

It's just expression. ——Carlo Scarpa

Design is a behavioral approach.

Functions are better than looks. ——Charles Eames

Architecture is creation; it must surprise.

Architecture is based on drawing and thinking.

Form follows beauty. ——Oscar Niemeyer

The task of architecture is to show how the world touches us. ——Maurice Merleau-Ponty

Architects are either parrots or cannibals. (If architects do not imitate, they can only copy.) - H. Carson

The purpose of architecture is to protect and improve people's quality of life and enhance the dignity of their lives. ——Eero Saarinen

Not designing is also a design concept. ——Kay Frank

Small can be beautiful. —— E. F. Schumacher

Architectural design should not only consider itself, but must be in harmony with the style of the entire city. ——Kai Kaiji

Architecture is not a utopia, but a way for people to gain a sense of togetherness. ——Lina Bobati

Architecture is a way to realize democratic ideals.

If you don't like humans, you shouldn't be an architect. ——Ralph Erskine

In a sense, architecture is a kind of microcosm of the city. ——Dennis Ralston

Materials work according to their own laws, and it is the artist's task to guide the movement of materials to achieve their goals.

Form is a synthesis of facts. ——Tabio Vicarra

In the work of an architect, the most important thing is practice, but theory is the highest state of practice.

A work of architecture is a poem about events in human life. ——Cornell Elijah

Architecture is the art of possibility.

Let the light do the design. ——Ieoh Ming Pei

Details within details are the soul of new architecture. ——Kirsty Alland

I want architecture to move people. ——Paul Rudolph

Whatever space and time mean, place and place mean much more.

A house can only be called a real house if it is also a miniature city.

Architecture should not do more or less, it can only help people go home just right. ——Aldo van Eyck