Quotes of: Morris Keyword

The architect must be a prophet... a prophet in the true sense of the term... if he can't see at least ten years ahead don't call him an architect.

Frank Lloyd Wright

A doctor can bury his mistakes but an architect can only advise his clients to plant vines.

Frank Lloyd Wright

A professional is one who does his best work when he feels the least like working.

Frank Lloyd Wright

Nature is my manifestation of God. I go to nature every day for inspiration in the day's work.

Frank Lloyd Wright

I'm all in favor of keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of fools. Let's start with typewriters.

Frank Lloyd Wright

I stand on the sidewalk watching it because the responsibility is mine and I must, I take a very firm hold on the handles of the baby carriage and I wheel it into the traffic.

Grace Abbott

Maybe we are less than our dreams, but that less would make us more than some gods would dream of.

Corita Kent

Fifty years ago people were talking about Sydney's sprawl, but nobody does anything about it.

Harry Seidler

Love is an expression of power. We can use it to transform our world.

Ericka Huggins

All evidence shows that we are actually getting smarter. Roughly we are getting 10 IQ points smarter every decade. The speed of innovation is also faster.

Bjarke Ingels

I feel very comfortable in New York, in a city where there is no such thing as 'nationality.'

Bernard Tschumi

Chinese buildings are like American buildings, with big footprints. People don't care about daylight or fresh air.

Helmut Jahn

Higher ceilings allow the use indirect lighting, which is much healthier and reduces glare.

Helmut Jahn

In Europe, architects consider themselves artists. They think they're special when they win a competition.

Helmut Jahn

Transparency is not the same as looking straight through a building: it's not just a physical idea, it's also an intellectual one.

Helmut Jahn

I don't consider myself a star or a celebrity. I'm a simple guy who works a lot.

Helmut Jahn

When you look at a city, it's like reading the hopes, aspirations and pride of everyone who built it.

Hugh Newell Jacobsen

With regard to what is designed really well, I think people are the best-designed objects in the world. Seriously.

John Maeda

I have a confession: I'm not a man of simplicity. I spent my entire early career making complex stuff. Lots of complex stuff.

John Maeda

I generally hate the luxury modern apartment with too many things out of sight and so clean you cannot touch.

Jean Nouvel

I kind of cherish at least the idea of Midwestern candor and openness. But I couldn't live there.

James Polshek