Top 25 Architecture Quotes of 486 - Page 20

The rules of logic are to mathematics what those of structure are to architecture.

The rules of logic are to mathematics what those of structure are to architecture.

Logic, Architecture, Mathematics

Bertrand Russell (2016). “Mysticism and Logic”, p.95, Bertrand Russell

If you're into architecture and you're from the West, everything is hors d'oeuvres for working to rebuild the Temple. Ultimately you're led there. You can't escape it.

Ben Nicholson

West, Temples, Architecture

I quit college. I was studying architecture for about a year.

Barry Mann

College, Years, Architecture

I love cloisters, which are the architectural equivalent of a theological concept: perfect freedom within set boundaries.

Barbara Grizzuti Harrison

Perfect, Architecture, Boundaries

Does an architecture to assuage the spirit have a place in all this? Unfortunately we are no longer the interpreters of our culture's myths but the followers of that dubious client, the developer, who has little patience with the art of architecture, the fine detail and obscure promise, which can upset his financial activity.

Arthur Erickson

Doe, Spirit, Architecture

Speech to McGill University School of Architecture, www.arthurerickson.com. October 21, 2000.

The concept of architecture as analogous to landscape is something that has interested me for a long time.

Antoine Predock

Long, Landscape, Architecture

Architecture is a ride - a physical ride and an intellectual ride.

Antoine Predock

Intellectual, Architecture

Antoine Predock, Brad Collins, Juliette Robbins (1994). “Antoine Predock, architect”, Rizzoli Intl Pubns

The secret of good architecture is having more than meets the eye.

Annabelle Selldorf

Eye, Secret, Architecture

Architecture is about aging well, about precision and authenticity. There is much more to the success of a building than what you can see. Im not suggesting that gestural architecture is always superficial, but solid reasoning has its place.

Annabelle Selldorf

Architecture, Aging, Authenticity