Architecture
Quotes on Architecture
What has happened to architecture since the second world war that the only passers-by who can contemplate it without pain are those equipped with a white stick and a dog?
Bernard Levin (b. 1928) British journalist
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.
Charles, Prince of Wales (b. 1948)
Architecture is the art of how to waste space.
Philip Johnson (b. 1906) American architect
Light, God’s eldest daughter, is a principal beauty in a building.
Thomas Fuller (1608-1661)English cleric
No person who is not a great sculptor or painter can be an architect. If he is not a sculptor or painter, he can only be a builder.
John Ruskin (1819-1900) English critic
Why can’t we have those curves and arches that express feeling in design? What is wrong with them? Why has everything got to be vertical, straight, unbending, only at right angles —and functional?
Charles, Prince of Wales (b. 1948)
No architecture is so haughty as that which is simple.
John Ruskin (1819-1900) English critic
