#architect

My father knew the charming side of my mother, and my mother thought that he was attentive and pleasant and was an architect, which was a respectable profession, but I don't think that they actually got to know one another deeply. ↗

— Christopher Durang

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I paint mostly from real life. It has to start with that. Real people, real street scenes, behind the curtain scenes, live models, paintings, photographs, staged setups, architecture, grids, graphic design. Whatever it takes to make it work. ↗

— Bob Dylan

#behind #curtain #design #graphic #graphic design

Great buildings that move the spirit have always been rare. In every case they are unique, poetic, products of the heart. ↗

— Arthur Erickson

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Space has always been the spiritual dimension of architecture. It is not the physical statement of the structure so much as what it contains that moves us. ↗

— Arthur Erickson

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Rationalism is the enemy of art, though necessary as a basis for architecture. ↗

— Arthur Erickson

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The details are the very source of expression in architecture. But we are caught in a vice between art and the bottom line. ↗

— Arthur Erickson

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Escape from the architecture ghetto is one of the major drivers and has been from the very beginning. ↗

— Rem Koolhaas

#been #beginning #drivers #escape #ghetto

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

— Arthur Erickson

#behind #building #centuries #coordinated #countries

Architecture doesn't come from theory. You don't think your way through a building. ↗

— Arthur Erickson

#building #come #theory #think #through

Does an architecture to assuage the spirit have a place? ↗

— Arthur Erickson

#does #place #spirit