#architect

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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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

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

— Jay Chiat

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The interior of the house personifies the private world; the exterior of it is part of the outside world. ↗

— Stephen Gardiner

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The dialogue of architecture has been centered too long around the idea of truth. ↗

— Michael Graves

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I hate vacations. If you can build buildings, why sit on the beach? ↗

— Philip Johnson

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

— Thomas a Kempis

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We require from buildings two kinds of goodness: first, the doing their practical duty well: then that they be graceful and pleasing in doing it. ↗

— John Ruskin

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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

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Every man is the architect of his own fortune. ↗

— Sallust

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