Architect Quotes - Page 28

• The design of a temple depends on symmetry, the principles of which must be most carefully observed by the architect.

  Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

  Design, Principles, Temples

  "The Ten Books On Architecture". Book III. Chapter I, Sec. 1, 15BC.

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• An architect ought to be an educated man so as to leave a more lasting remembrance in his treatises.

  Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

  Men, Remembrance, Educated

  "De architectura". Book by Vitruvius. Book I, Chapter I, Section 4,

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• In fact, all kinds of men, and not merely architects, can recognize a good piece of work.

  Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

  Men, Pieces, Facts

  "De architectura (Ten Books on Architecture)". Book by Marcus Vitruvius Pollio (Book VI, Chapter VIII, Section 10), circa 15 BC.

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• As for philosophy, it makes an architect high-minded and not self-assuming, but rather renders him courteous, just, and honest without avariciousness. This is very important, for no work can be rightly done without honesty and incorruptibility.

  Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

  Honesty, Philosophy, Self

  "De architectura". Book by Vitruvius. Book I, Chapter I, Section 7,

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• In all matters but particularly in architecture, that which is signified is the subject of which we may be speaking and that which gives significance is a demonstration on scientific principles. One who professes himself an architect should be well versed in both directions.

  Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

  Giving, Principles, May

  "De architectura". Book by Vitruvius. Book I, Chapter I, Section 3,

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• Thus by such victory, not by machines but in oppositions to the principle to the principles of machines, has the freedom of states been preserved by the cunning of architects.

  Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

  Victory, Principles, Machines

  "De architectura (Ten Books on Architecture)". Book by Marcus Vitruvius Pollio (Book X, Chapter XVI, Section 12), circa 15 BC.

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• Abusers are engineers and architects and janitors and police officers and any other walk of life. There's not a job or profession that is exempt.

  Kim Gandy

  Jobs, Police, Walks

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• Some are born to invent, others to embellish; but the gilder attracts more attention than the architect.

  Luc de Clapiers

  Attention, Born

  Jean de La Bruyère, Luc de Clapiers marquis de Vauvenargues (1903). “La Bruyère and Vauvenargues: Selections from the Characters, Reflexions and Maxims”

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• A large number of us have developed a feeling that architects tend to design houses for the approval of fellow architects and critics, not for the tenants.

  Prince Charles

  Numbers, House, Design

  Prince Charles' Speech at the 150th anniversary of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), www.princeofwales.gov.uk. May 30, 1984.

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• I would like to see every gay doctor come out, every gay lawyer, every gay architect come out, stand up and let that world know. That would do more to end prejudice overnight than anybody would imagine. I urge them to do that, urge them to come out. Only that way will we start to achieve our rights.

  Harvey Milk

  Gay, Doctors, Rights

  Tape recording (November 18, 1977) to be played in the event of his assassination as quoted in Randy Shilts "The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk" (pp. 276-277), 1982.

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• Tell me what chair you've designed and I'll tell you what sort of architect you are.

  Mario Bellini

  Chairs

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• Building a baseball team is like building a house. You look for the best architects, the best builders - and then you let them do their jobs.

  Pat Gillick

  Baseball, Jobs, Team

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• There were many generations of Latino people coming to this country, coming from difficult political or social situations in their own countries, and they worked very hard to have their kids go to universities. Well, those kids came out and they are now doctors and architects, or they are on the Supreme Court. That has a reflection in Hollywood. So, we are actually very proud that our characters are Latinos, and I think it's good for diversity and cultural interaction.

  Antonio Banderas

  Country, Character, Kids

  "Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek PUSS IN BOOTS Interview". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 28, 2011.

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• I was the chairman of the Budget Committee and the lead architect the last time it happened in Washington, and when we did it we had great economic growth, we cut taxes, and we had a big surplus.

  John Kasich

  Cutting, Growth, Lasts

  John Kasich at the Republican presidential primary debate hosted by Fox News in Cleveland, Ohio, www.cbsnews.com. August 7, 2015.

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• I was the chairman of the House Budget Committee and one of the chief architects the last time we balanced a budget, and it was the first time we had done it since man walked on the moon.

  John Kasich

  Moon, Men, House

  John Kasich during GOP primary debate at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio, www.washingtonpost.com. August 6, 2015.

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• I really wanted to, but I just didn't understand how people became comedians. I kind of thought it was something you were born into. And so I wanted to be a veterinarian or an architect. I wanted to be in a band, and for some reason I could understand how you could be in a band because I had guitars and all my friends played music. Comedy was a secret want, but it wasn't anything I pursued.

  Tig Notaro

  Guitar, People, Comedian

  "Tig Notaro: You’ll Laugh, You’ll Cry". Interview with Sydney Brownstone, www.motherjones.com. May/June 2013.

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• As far as I'm concerned, the world is composed of stories. For architects, the world is composed of buildings, for actors the world is composed of theatres, or whatever... For me, the world is simply composed of stories, when I look, that's what I see.

  Neil Gaiman

  Theatre, Looks, Stories

  Source: www.naylor.net

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• A truly great structure, one that is meant to stand the tests of time, never disregards its environment. A serious architect takes that into account. He knows that if he wants presence, he must consult with nature.

  Christopher Plummer

  Inspirational, Motivational, Design

  "Fictional character: Simon Wyler". "The Lake House", www.imdb.com. 2006.

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• Form follows function, as the architects say. With words and pictures, you can do just about anything.

  Bill Watterson

  Form, Function, Can Do

  Source: mentalfloss.com

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• During the Second World War, nobody built any concert halls or theaters. After the war, Lincoln Center was a very brave project because all those architects had never built a theater before. We've learned a lot since then about the nature of materials and the isolation that's required.

  Hugh Hardy

  War, Lincoln Center, Brave

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• Mrs. Nixon and I share the sorrow of millions of Americans at the death of Louis Armstrong. One of the architects of an American art form, a free and individual spirit, and an artist of worldwide fame, his great talents and magnificent spirit added richness and pleasure to all our lives.

  Richard M. Nixon

  Art, Sorrow, Spirit

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• Architecture is not about space but about time.

  Vito Acconci

  Space, Architecture

  Interview with Marcus Fairs, www.dezeen.com. October 13, 2012.

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• Some read for style, and some for argument: one has little care about the sentiment, he observes only how it is expressed; another regards not the conclusion, but is diligent to mark how it is inferred; they read for other purposes than the attainment of practical knowledge; and are no more likely to grow wise by an examination of a treatise of moral prudence, than an architect to inflame his devotion by considering attentively the proportions of a temple.

  Samuel Johnson

  Wise, Reading, Style

  Samuel Johnson (1810). “The works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An essay on his life and genius”, p.292

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• If an architect makes a mistake, he grows ivy to cover it. If a doctor makes a mistake, he covers it with soil. If a cook makes a mistake, he covers it with some sauce and says it is a new recipe.

  Paul Bocuse

  Mistake, Doctors, Ivy

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• I cannot prevent anyone from getting angry, or mad, or frustrated. I can only hope that they'll turn that anger and frustration and madness into something positive, so that two, three, four, five hundred will step forward, so the gay doctors will come out, the gay lawyers, the gay judges, gay bankers, gay architects I hope that every professional gay will say 'enough', come forward and tell everybody, wear a sign, let the world know. Maybe that will help.

  Harvey Milk

  Gay, Frustration, Doctors

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