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Famous Architect Dictums: (Charles Edouard Jeanneret-Gris)

This document contains over 50 quotes from famous architects about architecture. Some of the most common themes expressed are that architecture should have strength, beauty and unity; form follows function; less is more; and that architecture reflects the time period and needs of its users. Many architects also discuss the importance of details, imagination, and creating works that are timeless and enhance their surroundings.
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Famous Architect Dictums: (Charles Edouard Jeanneret-Gris)

This document contains over 50 quotes from famous architects about architecture. Some of the most common themes expressed are that architecture should have strength, beauty and unity; form follows function; less is more; and that architecture reflects the time period and needs of its users. Many architects also discuss the importance of details, imagination, and creating works that are timeless and enhance their surroundings.
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FAMOUS ARCHITECT DICTUMS "ALL ARCHITECTS WANT TO LIVE BEYOND THEIR DEATHS"

-PHILIP JOHNSON
"ARCHITECTURE MUST MEET 3 RE UIREMENTS: STRENGTH, BEAUTY & UNITY"
-MARCUS VITRUVIUS POLLIO "ARCHITECTURE IS THE ART OF HOW TO WATE SPACE"
-PHILIP JOHNSON
“FORM EVER FOLLOWS FUNCTION.”
-LOUIS SULLIVAN “GOD IS IN THE DETAILS”
-LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE
“OUR ARCHITECTURE REFLECTS TRULY AS A MIRROR.”
- LOUIS SULLIVAN “LESS IS MORE”
-LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE
"THE ARCHITECT WHO COMBINES IN HIS BEING THE POWERS OF VISION, OF
IMAGINATION, OF INTELLECT, OF SYMPATHY WITH HUMAN NEED AND THE “ARCHITECTURE STARTS WHEN YOU CAREFULLY PUT TWO BRICKS
POWER TO INTERPRET THEM IN ALANGUAGE VERNACULAR AND TIME--- IS HE TOGETHER. THERE IT BEGINS.”
WHO SHALLCREATE POEMS IN STONE." -LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE
-LOUIS SULLIVAN
"ARCHITECTURE IS THE WILL OF AN EPOCH TRANSLATED INTO SPACE"
“FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION” -LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE
-LOUIS SULLIVAN
"ARCHITECTURE STARTS WHEN YOU CAREFULLY PUT TWOBRICKS
"FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION- THATHAS BEEN MISUNDERSTOOD. FORM AND TOGETHER. THERE IT BEGINS"
FUNCTION SHOULD BE ONE, JOINED IN A SPIRITUAL UNION" -LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE
- FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
"ART AND ARCHITECTURE, THE NEW UNITY"
“ARCHITECTURE IS ORGANIC” -WALTER GROPIUS
-F R A N K L L O Y D W R I G H T
"ARCHITECTURE BEGINS WHERE ENGINEERING ENDS"
“THE THING ALWAYS HAPPENS THAT YOU REALLY BELIEVE IN; AND THE -WALTER GROPIUS
BELIEF IN A THING MAKES IT HAPPEN”
-FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT "A HOUSE IS LIKE A FLOWER POT"
-RICHARD JOSEF NEUTRA
“A DOCTOR CAN BURY HIS MISTAKES BUT AN ARCHITECT CAN ONLY ADVISE HIS CLIENT
TO PLANT VINES.” "ARCHITECTURE IS INVENTION"
-FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT -OSCAR NIEMEYER

“THE GOOD BUILDING IS NOT ONE THAT HURTS THE LANDSCAPE, BUT ONE WHICH "FORM FOLLOWS BEAUTY"
MAKES THE LANDSCAPE MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN IT WAS BEFORE THE BUILDING -OSCAR NIEMEYER
WAS BUILT.”
-FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT "MAKE BIG PLANS; AIM HIGH IN HOPE AND WORK, REMEBERING THAT A
NOBLE, LOGICAL DIAGRAM ONCE RECORDED WILL NOT DIE"
"ARCHITECTURE IS THE TRIUMPH OF HUMAN IMAGINATION OVER MATERIALS, -DANIEL BURNHAM
METHODS, AND MEN, TO PUT MAN INTOPOSSESSION OF HIS OWN EARTH"
-FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT "ARCHITECTURE IS A SOCIAL ART"
-MARCEL BREUER
“AN ARCHITECT’S MOST USEFUL TOOLS ARE AN ERASER AT THE DRAFTING
BOARD, AND A WRECKING BAR AT THE SITE.” "NATURE & ARCHITECTURE ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS"
-FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT -MARCEL BREUER

"EVERY GREAT ARCHITECT IS- NECESSARILY - A GREAT POET.HE MUST BE A GREAT "A BUILDING HAS A STRAIGHT GEOMETRICAL LINES. EVEN WHEN THESE
ORIGINAL INTERPRETER OF HIS TIME ,HIS DAY, HIS AGE" LINES ARE FREE, IT MUST ALWAYS BE EVIDENT THAT THEY HAVE BEEN
-FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT STUDIED & THAT THEY DID NOT SPRING UP SIMULTANEOUSLY"
-MARCEL BREUER
“ALL FINE ARCHITECTURAL VALUES ARE HUMAN VALES, ELSE NOT VALUABLE.”
-FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT "SUPPLY AND DEMAND REGULATE ARCHITECTURE FORM"
-ADOLF LOOS
“I KNOW THE PRICE OF SUCCESS: DEDICATION, HARD WORK AND AN
UNREMITTING DEVOTION TO THE THINGS YOU WANT TO SEE HAPPEN.” "CUBE WITHIN A CUBE"
-FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT -LE CORBUSIER(CHARLES EDOUARD JEANNERET-GRIS)

"THE HOUSE IS A MACHINE TO LIVE IN"


“WE ARE CALLED TO BE ARCHITECTS OF THE FUTURE, NOT ITS VICTIMS.” -LE CORBUSIER(CHARLES EDOUARD JEANNERET-GRIS)
-RICHARD BUCKMINSTER FULLER
"ARCHITECTURE SEIZES UPON SPACE, ENCOMPASSES SPACE AND IS SPACE
“DOING MORE WITH LESS” ITSELF"
-RICHARD BUCKMINSTER FULLER -ERICH MENDELSOHN

"WHEN I AM WORKING ON A PROBLEM, I NEVER THINK ABOUT BEAUTY... BUT "ARCHITECTURE DEPENDS ON THE SENSUOUS SEIZURE BY MEANS OF
WHEN I HAVE FINISHED, IF THE SOLUTION IS NOT BEAUTIFUL, I KNOW IT IS TOUCH AND SIGHT"
WRONG" -ERICH MENDELSOHN
-BUCKMINSTER FULLER
"A BUILDING IS THE COMBINATION OF DIFFERENT GEOMETRIC FIGURES"
"MAKE BIG PLANS; AIM HIGH IN HOPE AND WORK REMEMBERING THAT A NOBLE, -BENJAMIN LATROBE
LOGICAL DIAGRAM ONCE RECORDED WILL NOT DIE"
-DANIEL BURNHAM "MODERN ARCHITECTURE NEED NOT TO BE WESTERN"
-KENZO TANGE
"MAKE NO LITTLE PLANS; THEY HAVE NO MAGIC TO STIR MEN'S BLOOD"
-DANIEL BURNHAM "TRUTH IS INDISPENSIBLE TO ARCHITECTURE & ARCHITECTURAL LIE
CONCEPTS"
“FORM DOES NOT NECESSARILY FOLLOW FUNCTION” -AUGUSTE PERRET
-A N T O N I O G A U D I
"I AM NEITHER A CAPITALIST NOR A SOCIALIST, I AM NOT A RELIGIOUS OR AN
“THOSE WHO LOOK FOR THE LAWS OF NATURE AS A SUPPORT FOR THEIR NEW ATHEIST"
WORKS COLLABORATE WITH THE CREATOR.” -LUCIO COSTA
-ANTONIO GAUDI
"FUNCTION INFLUENCE BUT DOES NOT DICTATE FORM"
"ARCHITECTURE IS THE REACHING OUT FOR THE TRUTH" -EERO SAARINEN
-LOUIS KAHN
"BEAUTY GROWS FROM NECESSITY NOT FROM REPETITION OF FORMULAS"
“A HOUSE IS A HOUSE” -ELIEL SAARINEN
-LOUIS KAHN
"A BRIDGE IS LIKE A HOUSE"
“A BRIDGE IS LIKE A HOUSE” -ROBERT MAILLART
-R O B E R T M A I L L A R T
"STRUCTURAL CORRECTNESS, WHICH IS IDENTICAL WITH FUNCTIONAL,
“FUNCTION INFLUENCE BUT DOES NOT DICTATE FORM” TECHNICAL & ECONOMIC IS A NECESSARY & SUFFICIENT CONDITION OF
-EERO SAARINEN SATISFACTORY AESTHETIC RESULT"
-PIER LUIGI NERVI
“ARCHITECTURAL FORM EQUALS SOCIAL FORM”
-ELIEL SAARINEN "LESS IS BORE"
-ROBERT VENTURI

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