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8/10/2019 Dictum of Famous Archiects
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FAMOUS ARCHITECT DICTUMS
“ARCHITECTURE MUST M EET 3 REQUIREMENTS:“ FORM EVER FOLLOWS FUNCTION.” -LOUIS HENRY SULLIVAN
“ OUR ARCHITECTURE REFLECTS TRULY AS A M IRROR.” -LOUIS HENRI SULLIVAN
"THE ARCHITECT WHO COMBINES IN HIS BEING THE POWERSOF VISION, OF IMAGINATION, OF INTELLECT, OF SYMPATHY
WITH HUMAN NEED AND THE POWER TO INTERPRET THEMIN A LANGUAGE VERNACULAR AND TIME--- IS HE WHO SHALLCREATE POEMS IN STONE."- LOUIS SULLIVAN
“FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION” - LOUIS SULLIVAN
"FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION- THAT HAS BEENMISUNDERSTOOD. FORM AND FUNCTION SHOULD BE ONE, JOINED IN A SPIRITUAL UNION"-FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
“ARCHITECTURE IS ORGANIC”
- FRANK LLYOD WRIGHT
“ THE THING ALWAYS H APPENS THAT YOU REALLY BELIEVEIN; AND THE BELIEF IN A THING MAKES IT HAPPE N.” -FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
“ A DOCTOR CAN BURY HIS MISTAKES BUT AN ARCHITECTCAN ONLY ADVISE HIS CLIENT TO PLANT VINE S.” -FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
“ THE GOOD BUILDING IS NOT ONE THAT HURTS THELANDSCAPE, BUT ONE WHICH MAKES THE LANDSCAPE MOREBEAUTIFUL THAN IT WAS BEFORE THE BUILDIN G WAS BUILT.” -FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
"ARCHITECTURE IS THE TRIUMPH OF HUMAN IMAGINATIONOVER MATERIALS, METHODS, AND MEN, TO PUT MAN INTOPOSSESSION OF HIS OWN EARTH"
-FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
“ AN ARCHITECT’S MOST USE FUL TOOLS ARE AN ERASER ATTHE DRAFTING BOARD, AND A WRECKING BAR AT THE SITE.” -FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
"EVERY GREAT ARCHITECT IS- NECESSARILY - A GREAT POET.HE MUST BE A GREAT ORIGINAL INTERPRETER OF HIS TIME,HIS DAY, HIS AGE"-FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
“ALL FINE ARCHITECTU RAL VALUES ARE HUMAN VALES, ELSENOT VALUABLE.” -FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
“ I KNOW THE PRICE O F SUCCESS: DEDICATION, HARD WORK
AND AN UNREMITTING DEVOTION TO THE THINGS YOUWANT TO SEE HAPPEN.” -FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
“ WE ARE CALLED TO BE ARCHITECTS OF THE FUTURE, NOTITS VICTIMS.” -RICHARD BUCKMINSTER FULLER
“ DOING MORE WITH LESS.” -RICHARD BUCKMINSTER FULLER
"WHEN I AM WORKING ON A PROBLEM, I NEVER THINKABOUT BEAUTY... BUT WHEN I HAVE FINISHED, IF THESOLUTION IS NOT BEAUTIFUL, I KNOW IT IS WRONG"-BUCKMINSTER FULLER
"MAKE BIG PLANS; AIM HIGH IN HOPE AND WORK,REMEMBERING THAT A NOBLE, LOGICAL DIAGRAM ONCERECORDED WILL NOT DIE"-DANIEL BURNHAM
"MAKE NO LITTLE PLANS; THEY HAVE NO MAGIC TO STIRMEN'S BLOOD"-DANIEL BURNHAM
“FORM DOES NOT NECES SARILY FOLLOW FUNCTI ON” -
ANTONIO GAUDI
“ THOSE WHO LOOK FOR THE LAWS OF NATURE AS ASUPPORT FOR THEIR NEW WORKS COLLABORATE WITH THECREATOR.” -ANONIO GAUDI
"ARCHITECTURE IS THE REACHING OUT FOR THE TRUTH"-LOUIS KAHN
“A HOUSE IS A HOUSE” - LOUIS KAHN
“A BRIDGE IS LIKE A HOUSE” - ROBERT MAILLART
“FUNCTION INFLUENCE BUT DOES NOT DICTATE FORM” - EERO SAARINEN
“ARCHITECTURAL -FORM EQUALS SOCIAL- FORM” -ELIEL SAARINEN
"ALL ARCHITECTS WANT TO LIVE BEYOND THEIR DEATHS"-PHILIP JOHNSON
“ GOD IS IN THE DETAILS ” -LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE
“ ARCHITECTURE STARTS WHEN YOU CAREFULLY PUT TWOBRICKS TOGETHER. THERE IT BEGINS.” -LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE
"ARCHITECTURE IS THE WILL OF AN EPOCH TRANSLATEDINTO SPACE"-LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE
"ARCHITECTURE STARTS WHEN YOU CAREFULLY PUT TWOBRICKS TOGETHER. THERE IT BEGINS"
-LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE
“LESS IS MORE.” -LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE
"LESS IS A BORE"-ROBERT VENTURI
“MORE IS MORE.” -ROBERT VENTURI
“FORMS ACCOMMODATES FUNCTION’
-ROBERT VENTURI
"TAKE CARE OF THE LUXURIESAND THE NECESSITIES WILL TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES"
-LE CORBUSIER
"I PREFER DRAWING TO TALKING. DRAWING IS FASTER,AND LEAVES LESS ROOM FOR LIES"-LE CORBUSIER
"SPACE AND LIGHT AND ORDER. THOSE ARE THE THINGSTHAT MEN NEED JUST AS MUCH AS THEY NEED BREAD OR APLACE TO SLEEP"-LE CORBUSIER
"THE HOME SHOULD BE THE TREASURE CHEST OF LIVING"LE CORBUSIER
"ARCHITECTURE IS THE LEARNED GAME, CORRECT ANDMAGNIFICANT, OF FORMS ASSEMBLED IN THE LIGHT"-LE CORBUSIER
“CUBE WITHIN A CUBE” - LE CORBUSIER
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"THE HOUSE IS A MACHINE FOR LIVING IN"- LE CORBUSIER
“ ARCHITECTURE IS TH E LEARNED GAME, CORRECT ANDMAGNIFICENT, OF FORMS ASSEMBLED IN THE L IGHT.” -LE CORBUSIER
“ TO CREATE ARCHITEC TURE IS TO PUT IN ORDER. PUTWHAT IN ORDER? FUNCT ION AND OBJECTS.” -LE CORBUSIER
“ IT’S VERY ATMOSPHERIC. IT’S NOT A BUIL DING THAT IS ASEVERE STATEMENT IN THE SKYLINE. WE NEED THE HEIGHT;
OTHERWISE, THE BUILDING ALMOST DISAPPEARS BECAUSE ITIS SO SLENDER.” -SANTIAGO CALATRAVA
“ART AND ARCHITECTURE, TH E NEW UNITY” - WALTER GROPIUS
“ ARCHITECTURE BEGIN S WHERE ENGINEERING ENDS.” -WALTER GROPIUS
“ A MODERN, HARMONIC AND LIVELY ARCHITECTURE IS THEVISIBLE SIGN OF AN AUTHENTIC DEMOCRACY.” -WALTER GROPIUS
“ A MODERN, HARMONIC AND LIVELY ARCHITECTURE IS THEVISIBLE SIGN OF AN AUTHENTIC DEMOCRACY.” -WALTER GROPIUS
“ A HARMONIOUS DESIG N REQUIRES THAT NOTHING BEADDED OR TAKEN AWAY.MARCUS VITRUVIUS POLLIO
“ ARCHITECTURE IS A SCIENCE ARISING OUT OF MANYOTHER SCIENCES, AND ADORNED WITH MUCH AND VARIEDLEARNING; BY THE HELP OF WHICH A JUDGMENT IS FORMEDOF THOSE WORKS WHICH ARE THE RESULT OF OT HER ARTS.” - MARCUS VITRUVIUS POLLIO
STRENGTH, BEAUTY, AN D UNITY” -MARCUS VITRUVIUS POLLIO
“ ALL ARCHITECTURE I S SHELTER, ALL GREATARCHITECTURE IS THE DESIGN OF SPACE THAT CONTAINS,CUDDLES, EXALTS, OR STIMULATES THE PERSONS IN THATSPACE.” -PHILIP JOHNSON
“ ARCHITECTURE IS TH E ART OF HOW TO WAST E SPACE.” -PHILIP JOHNSON
“ ALL ARCHITECTS WAN T TO LIVE BEYOND THE IR DEATHS.” -PHILIP JOHNSON
“ ARCHITECTS TODAY TEND TO DEPRECIATE THEMSELVES,TO REGARD THEMSELVES AS NO MORE THAN JUSTORDINARY CITIZENS WITHOUT THE POWER TO REFORM THE
FUTURE.” -KENZO TANGE
“MODERN ARCHITECTURE NEED NOT TO BE WESTE RN” - KENZO TANGE
“THE CITY MUST BE SU BJECT TO GROWTH, DECAY ANDRENEWAL”
-KENZO TANGE
“I BELIEVE THAT THE WAY PEOPLE LIVE CAN BE DIRECTED ALITTLE BY ARCHITECTU RE.” -TADAO ANDO
“ I WOULD LIKE MY ARCHITECTURE TO INSPIRE PEOPLE TOUSE THEIR OWN RESOURCES, TO MOVE INTO TH E FUTURE.” -TADAO ANDO
“ I HOPE THAT AMERICA AS A WHOLE, AND ESPECIALLY ITSARCHITECTS, WILL BECOME MORE SERIOUSLY INVOLVED INPRODUCING A NEW ARCHITECTURAL CULTURE THAT WOULDBRING THE NATION TO THE APEX – WHERE IT HAS STOODBEFORE – AND LEAD THE WORLD.” -TADAO ANDO
“THAT ABSTRACT FORMS, DERIVED FROM TECHNOLOGY ANDFUNCTION, CAN BE USED SENSITIVELY IN EVERYDAYCOMMERCIAL BUILDINGS, LARGE URBAN SCHEMES, ANDMONUMENTS.” -IOH MING PEI
"IT IS NOT AN INDIVIDUAL ACT, ARCHITECTURE. YOU HAVETO CONSIDER YOUR CLIENT. ONLY OUT OF THAT CAN YOUPRODUCE GREAT ARCHITECTURE. YOU CANNOT WORK INTHE ABSTRACT"-IOH MING PEI
“ AN IMPORTANT WORK OF ARCHITECTURE WILL CREATEPOLEMICS.” -RICHARD MEIER
“ MY PASSION AND GRE AT ENJOYMENT FOR ARCHITECTURE,AND THE REASON THE OLDER I GET THE MORE I ENJOY IT, ISBECAUSE I BELIEVE WE – ARCHITECTS – CAN EFFECT THEQUALITY OF LIFE OF T HE PEOPLE.”
-RICHARD ROGERS
“ I THINK MY BEST SK ILL AS AN ARCHITECT IS THEACHIEVEMENT OF HAND-TO-EYE COORDINATION. I AM ABLETO TRANSFER A SKETCH INTO A MODEL INTO THEBUILDING.” -FRANK GEHRY
“ ARCHITECTURE SHOUL D SPEAK OF ITS TIME AND PLACE,BUT YEARN FOR TIMELE SSNESS.” -FRANK GEHRY
“ IN ANY ARCHITECTURE, THERE IS AN EQUITY BETWEEN THEPRAGMATIC FUNCTION AND THE SYMBOLIC FUNC TION.” -MICHAEL GRAVES
“ ESCAPE FROM THE ARCHITECTURE GHETTO IS ONE OF THEMAJOR DRIVERS AND HAS BEEN FROM THE VERYBEGINNING.” -REM KOOLHAAS
“ NOT MANY ARCHITECTS HAVE THE LUXURY TO REJECTSIGNIFICANT THINGS.” -REM KOOLHAAS
“ PEOPLE CAN INHABIT ANYTHING. AND THEY CAN BEMISERABLE IN ANYTHING AND ECSTATIC IN ANYTHING.MORE AND MORE I THINK THAT ARCHITECTURE HASNOTHING TO DO WITH I T. OF COURSE, THAT’S BOTHLIBERATING AND ALARMING.” -REM KOOLHAAS
“ ANY ARCHITECTURAL PROJECT WE DO TAKES AT LEASTFOUR OR FIVE YEARS, SO INCREASINGLY THERE IS ADISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE ACCELERATION OF CULTUREAND THE CONTINUING SLOWNESS OF ARCHITECT URE.” -REM KOOLHAAS
“ ALWAYS DESIGN A THING BY CONSIDERING IT IN ITS NEXTLARGER CONTEXT – A CHAIR IN A ROOM, A ROOM IN AHOUSE, A HOUSE IN AN ENVIRONMENT, AN ENVIRONMENTIN 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 ANDENHANCE MAN'S LIFE ON EARTH AND TO FULFILL HIS BELIEFIN THE NOBILITY OF HIS EXISTENCE"-EERO SAARINEN
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"TO ME, THE DRAWN LANGUAGE IS A VERY REVEALINGLANGUAGE, ONE CAN SEE IN A FEW LINES WHETHER A MANIS REALLY AN ARCHITECT"-EERO SAARINEN
“ NOTHING IS AS DANG EROUS IN ARCHITECTURE ASDEALING WITH SEPARATED PROBLEMS. IF WE SPLIT LIFE INTOSEPARATED PROBLEMS WE SPLIT THE POSSIBILITIES TO MAKEGOOD BUILDING ART.” -ALVAR AALTO
“ ARCHITECTURE HAS RECORDED THE GREAT IDEAS OF THEHUMAN RACE. NOT ONLY EVERY RELIGIOUS SYMBOL, BUTEVERY HUMAN THOUGHT HAS ITS PAGE IN THAT VASTBOOK.” -VICTOR HUGO
“ ARCHITECTURE IS A ART WHEN ONE CONSCIOUSLY ORUNCONSCIOUSLY CREATES AESTHETIC EMOTION IN THEATMOSPHERE AND WHEN THIS ENVIRONMENT PRODUCESWELL 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 NOTOVERPOWERED BY RATIO NAL ANALYSIS.”
-LUIS BARRAGAN
“ DOES IT FOLLOW THAT THE HOUSE HAS NOTHING INCOMMON WITH ART AND IS ARCHITECTURE NOT TO BEINCLUDED IN THE ARTS? ONLY A VERY SMALL PART OFARCHITECTURE BELONGS TO ART: THE TOMB AND THEMONUMENT. EVERYTHING ELSE THAT FULFILS A FUNCTIONIS TO BE EXCLUDED FROM THE DOMAIN OF ART.” -ADOLF LOOS
“ ARCHITECTURE AROUS ES SENTIMENTS IN MAN. THEARCHITECT’S TASK THE REFORE, IS TO MAKE THOSESENTIMENTS MORE PREC ISE.” -ADOLF LOOS
“ EACH NEW SITUATION REQUIRES A NEW ARCHITECTURE.”
-JEAN NOUVEL
“ TO PROVIDE MEANING FUL ARCHITECTURE IS NOT TOPARODY HISTORY BUT T O ARTICULATE IT.” -DANIEL LIBESKIND
“ IT IS INSUFFICIENT FOR ARCHITECTURE TODAY TODIRECTLY IMPLEMENT AN EXISTING BUILDING TYPOLOGY; ITINSTEAD REQUIRES ARCHITECTS TO CAREFULLY EXAMINETHE WHOLE AREA WITH NEW INTERVENTIONS ANDPROGRAMMATIC TYPOLOG IES.” -ZAHA HADID