#architect

Nothing requires the architect's care more than the due proportions of buildings. ↗

— Marcus V. Pollio

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Architecture is a science arising out of many other sciences, and adorned with much and varied learning; by the help of which a judgment is formed of those works which are the result of other arts. ↗

— Marcus V. Pollio

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Wherefore the mere practical architect is not able to assign sufficient reasons for the forms he adopts; and the theoretic architect also fails, grasping the shadow instead of the substance. ↗

— Marcus V. Pollio

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Architecture is about public space held by buildings. ↗

— Richard Rogers

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My passion and great enjoyment for architecture, and the reason the older I get the more I enjoy it, is because I believe we - architects - can effect the quality of life of the people. ↗

— Richard Rogers

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Form follows profit is the aesthetic principle of our times. ↗

— Richard Rogers

#aesthetic #follows #form #our #principle

I believe very strongly, and have fought since many years ago - at least over 30 years ago - to get architecture not just within schools, but architecture talked about under history, geography, science, technology, art. ↗

— Richard Rogers

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Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together. There it begins. ↗

— Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

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The loftier the building, the deeper must the foundation be laid. ↗

— Thomas a Kempis

#building #deeper #foundation #laid #loftier

We learned to put discipline in the haircuts by using actual geometry, actual architectural shapes and bone structure. The cut had to be perfect and layered beautifully, so that when a woman shook it, it just fell back in. ↗

— Vidal Sassoon

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