#architecture

The terrifying and edible beauty of Art Nouveau architecture. ↗

— Salvador Dali

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In architecture the idea degenerated. Design allows a more direct and pleasurable route. ↗

— Charles Eames

#architecture #degenerated #design #direct #idea

In Los Angeles, by the time you're 35, you're older than most of the buildings. ↗

— Delia Ephron

#angeles #buildings #by the time #los #los angeles

First, there is the bare beauty of the logs themselves with their long lines and firm curves. Then there is the open charm felt of the structural features which are not hidden under plaster and ornament, but are clearly revealed, a charm felt in Japanese architecture. ↗

— Gustav Stickley

#bare #beauty #charm #clearly #curves

Light, God's eldest daughter, is a principal beauty in a building. ↗

— Thomas Fuller

#beauty #building #daughter #eldest #god

I studied architecture in New York. So, really I was very moved, like everyone else, to try to contribute something that has that resonance and profundity of it means to all of us. ↗

— Daniel Libeskind

#contribute #else #everyone #i #like

Cities are the greatest creations of humanity. ↗

— Daniel Libeskind

#cities #creations #greatest #humanity

Winning a competition in architecture is a ticket to oblivion. It's just an idea. Ninety-nine per cent never get built. ↗

— Daniel Libeskind

#built #cent #competition #get #idea

I try to give people a different way of looking at their surroundings. That's art to me. ↗

— Maya Lin

#art #different #different way #give #i

Even though I build buildings and I pursue my architecture, I pursue it as an artist. I deliberately keep a tiny studio. I don't want to be an architectural firm. I want to remain an artist. ↗

— Maya Lin

#architecture #artist #build #buildings #deliberately