"The way of architecture is the quiet voice that underlies it and has guided it from the beginning."

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"The way of architecture is the quiet voice that underlies it and has guided it from the beginning."

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"Vitality is radiated from exceptional art and architecture."

Architecture, Art, Vitality

"We are yet to have a conscience at all about the exploitation of human cultures."

Conscience, Exploitation

"Today's developer is a poor substitute for the committed entrepreneur of the last century for whom the work of architecture represented a chance to celebrate the worth of his enterprise."

Architecture, Work, Chance, Poor

"We are stymied by regulations, limited choice and the threat of litigation. Neither consultants nor industry itself provide research which takes architecture forward."

Architecture, Choice, Research

"What is the thread of western civilization that distinguished its course in history? It has to do with the preoccupation of western man with his outward command and his sense of superiority."

History, Superiority, Civilization, Man

"God's designs may be frequent justification for our actions, but it is we, the self-made men, who take the credit."

God, Men, Actions, Credit

"Nearly all of the advances in structural and aesthetic innovation is coming from abroad."

Innovation,

"Modernism released us from the constraints of everything that had gone before with a euphoric sense of freedom."

Freedom, Sense

"In those countries with centuries of a craft tradition behind their building methods, techniques are tightly coordinated under the direction of the architect."

Building, Countries, Direction, Tradition

"It is the mystery of the creative act that something other than our conscious self takes over."

Act, Mystery, Self

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"The graceful Georgian streets and squares, a series of steel engravings under a wet sky."

Shana Alexander, American Journalist

Architecture, Sky

"One of my favorite vacation places is Miami, because of the people, the water and the beach - of course - and the architecture on Miami Beach is so wonderful."

Oksana Baiul, American Athlete

Architecture, People, Beach, Favorite

"There is a lot of interest in the arts, music, theatre, filmmaking, engineering, architecture and software design. I think we have now transitioned the modern-day version of the entrepreneur into the creative economy."

John Baldacci, American Politician

Architecture, Design, Music, Economy

"Every man's work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself."

Samuel Butler, British Poet

Architecture, Music, Work, Literature

"A man of eighty has outlived probably three new schools of painting, two of architecture and poetry and a hundred in dress."

Lord Byron, British Poet

Architecture, Poetry, Dress, Man

"There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds."

Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer

Architecture, Clouds, Rules

"I was planning to go into architecture. But when I arrived, architecture was filled up. Acting was right next to it, so I signed up for acting instead."

Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer

Architecture, Acting, Planning, Right

"The team architecture means setting up an organization that helps people produce that great work in teams."

Jay Chiat, American Businessman

Architecture, Work, People

"The intellectual architecture means focusing on doing great work instead of focusing on agency politics."

Jay Chiat, American Businessman

Architecture, Politics, Work

"All architecture is great architecture after sunset; perhaps architecture is really a nocturnal art, like the art of fireworks."

Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer

Architecture, Art, Sunset