#building

Of course, I have given my engineers some headaches over the years, but they go with me. I have always wanted my buildings to be as light as possible, to touch the ground gently, to swoop and soar, and to surprise. ↗

— Oscar Niemeyer

#buildings #course #engineers #gently #given

The key to truly rebuilding our central city on a vital and sustainable foundation is people. ↗

— Alan Autry

#city #foundation #key #our #people

What you make up in your heads sticks if it's good, falls out if it's bad. If we still remember something a day after we made it up, it might be worth building on. ↗

— Benny Anderson

#bad #building #day #falls #good

In the West there has always been the attempt to try make the religious building, whether it's a Medieval or Renaissance church, an eternal object for the celebration of God. The material chosen, such as stone, brick, or concrete, is meant to eternally preserve what is inside. ↗

— Tadao Ando

#attempt #been #brick #building #celebration

The good news about building a company during times like this is that the companies that do succeed are going to be extremely strong and resilient. ↗

— Marc Andreessen

#building #companies #company #during #extremely

There are so many steps you have to go through to reach a high level, so you're kind of building your own, I would say, mountain. You have to go piece by piece by piece. When you're young and really ambitious, you want to jump right up. It kind of teaches you a lesson, I would say. ↗

— Victoria Azarenka

#building #go #high #high level #i

All of the muscles were gone, so that was a real tough time of rebuilding all of that. But you have a deadline, you have an obligation. You've said that you will commit to this part, and I just can't live with myself for not really giving it as much as I can. ↗

— Christian Bale

#deadline #giving #gone #i #i can

It's such a joy to work with different ensembles and create a collaboration. Rehearsing and building a performance is very interesting for me. ↗

— Cecilia Bartoli

#collaboration #create #different #interesting #joy

We used to build temples, and museums are about as close as secular society dares to go in facing up to the idea that a good building can change your life (and a bad one ruin it). ↗

— Alain de Botton

#buildings #museums #architecture

A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight. ↗

— Robertson Davies

#age #book #building #fine #great