Quotes about architecture

Since giving up architecture... I seem to have drifted away from the desire to paint buildings... Instead it is groups of buildings clustered in the form of villages or towns... Lionel Aggett

02 - The events of human life, whether public or private, are so intimately linked to architecture that most observers can reconstruct nations or individuals in all the truth of their habits from the remains of their monuments or from their domestic relics. - Honore de Balzac

03 - In my experience, if you have to keep the lavatory door shut by extending your leg, it's modern architecture. - Nancy Banks-Smith

04 - ramshackle, adj. Pertaining to a certain order of architecture, otherwise known as the Normal American. Most of the public buildings of the United States are of the Ramshackle order, though some of our earlier architects preferred the Ironic. - Ambrose Bierce

05 - Architecture is inhabited sculpture - Constantin Brancusi

06 - We used to build civilizations. Now we build shopping malls. - Bill Bryson

07 - Metal buildings are the dream that Modern Architects had at the beginning of this century. It has finally come true, but they themselves don't realize it. That's because it doesn't take an Architect to build a metal building. You just order them out of a catalog comes with a bunch of guys who put it together in a couple of days, maybe a week. And there you go - you're all set to go into business - just slap a sign out front. - David Byrne

08 - The British love permanence more than they love beauty. - Hugh Casson

09 - What is proposed is like a monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much-loved and elegant friend. - Prince Charles - referring to a proposed extension to the National Gallery...

10 - All architecture is great architecture after sunset; perhaps architecture is really a nocturnal art, like the art of fireworks. - G. K. Chesterton

11 - We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us. - Winston Churchill

12 - When Moses was alive, these pyramids were a thousand years old. Here began the history of architecture. Here people learned to measure time by a calendar, to plot the stars by astronomy and chart the earth by geometry. And here they developed that most awesome of all ideas - the idea of eternity. - Walter Cronkite 13 - Architecture, of all the arts, is the one which acts the most slowly, but the most surely, on the soul. - Ernest Dimnet

14 - Buildings designed exclusively on scientific principles will depress their occupants and constrain their creativity. - Robert Evans

15 - Let architects sing of aesthetics that bring / Rich clients in hordes to their knees; / Just give me a home, in a great circle dome / Where stresses and strains are at ease. Buckminster Fuller

16 - The message I hope to have sent is just the example of being yourself. - Frank Gehry

17 - I call architecture frozen music. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

18 - A modern, harmonic and lively architecture is the visible sign of an authentic democracy. - Walter Gropius

19 - Switzerland is a small, steep country, much more up and down than sideways, and is all stuck over with large brown hotels built on the cuckoo clock style of architecture. - Ernest Hemingway

20 - Prose is architecture, not interior decoration, and the Baroque is over. - Ernest Hemingway

21 - Architecture is the art of how to waste space. - Philip Johnson

22 - My career is a trajectory from abstraction to reality. The architect's role is to make the mythic real. - Sotirios Kotoulas

23 - Architecture is my first love, if you want to talk about what moves me... the ordering of space, the visual pleasure, architecture's power to construct our days and nights. - Barbara Kruger

24 - Architecture is like a mythical fantastic. It has to be experienced. It can't be described. We can draw it up and we can make models of it, but it can only be experienced as a complete whole. - Maya Lin

25 - Ah, to build, to build! That is the noblest art of all the arts. Painting and sculpture are but images, are merely shadows cast by outward things on stone or canvas, having in themselves no separate existence. Architecture, existing in itself, and not in seeming a something it is not, surpasses them as substance shadow. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

26 - The architect / Built his great heart into these sculptured stones, / And with him toiled his children, and their lives / Were builded, with his own, into the walls, / As offerings unto God. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

27 - I meant to express mountain architecture, but failed in the solidity which had first attracted me. - J. E. H. MacDonald - sketching at Lake O'Hara...

28 - It is therefore indisputable that the limbs of architecture are derived from the limbs of man. - Michelangelo

29 - Even Picasso at his most bizarre was bound by a kind of formal architecture within the frame. Of course it's one thing to know what you're looking for, it's another to find it. - Ken Mosby

30 - Although they are not always the primary focus, most of my work contains architectural elements. They suggest a human presence even when no figure is actually seen. - Michael Nevin

31 - The architect is not free, but the artist is... The architect works with his head, but the artist with his heart. - Serguei Ouissik

32 - I declare this thing open - whatever it is. - Prince Philip - opening a new annex at Vancouver City Hall...

33 - The Parthenon is really only a farmyard over which someone put a roof; colonades and sculptures were added because there were people in Athens who happened to be working and wanted to express themselves. - Pablo Picasso

34 - Our archictecture proceeds by way of space-time distortions. We work on the very matter of space and time, using slips, shifts, accelerations and contractions. - Descosterd and Rahm 35 - The modern architect is, generally speaking, art's greatest enemy. - Pierre-Auguste Renoir

36 - No person who is not a great sculptor or painter can be an architect. If he is not a sculptor or painter, he can only be a builder. - John Ruskin

37 - Always design a thing by considering its next larger context - a chair in a room, a room in a house, a house in an environment, an environment in a city plan. - Eliel Saarinen

38 - You can speak of the colour of architecture in Tuscany or Venice, but here it's mirrors everywhere... designed to reflect the ever-changing conditions of lighting... - Diego Samper on Vancouver, BC, Canada...

39 - Architecture in general is frozen music. - Friedrich von Schelling - Philosophie der Kunst

40 - Many of my buildings are condemned now in advance. - Richard Seifert

41 - Form ever follows function. - Louis H. Sullivan

42 - Minimalism in conception demands maximalism in execution. - unknown

43 - Someone began this with a thought, a sheet of paper and a pencil... all this magnificence was achieved without computers and slide rules... cranes or forklifts, and murals were painted without cameras or projectors. It all makes one feel very insignificant, doesn't it? Robert Wade - on 12th century Cathedral Sainte-Cecile in Albi...

44 - In architecture as in all other operative arts, the end must direct the operation. The end is to build well. Well building has three conditions: Commodity, Firmness and Delight. - Henry Watton

45 - You can't make an architect. But you can... open the doors and windows toward the light as you see it. - Frank Lloyd Wright

46 - Architecture... is for the young. If our teenagers don't get architecture if they are not inspired we won't have the architecture... that we must have if this country is going to be beautiful. - Frank Lloyd Wright 47 - Architecture is the triumph of human imagination over materials, methods, and men, to put man into possession of his own Earth. It is at least the geometric pattern of things, of life, of the human and social world. It is at best that magic framework of reality that we sometimes touch upon when we use the word order. - Frank Lloyd Wright 48 - A doctor can bury his mistakes but an architect can only advise his clients to plant vines. - Frank Lloyd Wright

A building has integrity just like a man. And just as seldom. Ayn Rand A city building, you experience when you walk; a suburban building, you experience when you drive. Helmut Jahn A great building must begin with the unmeasurable, must go through measurable means when it is being designed and in the end must be unmeasurable. Louis Kahn

A house is a machine for living in. Le Corbusier An architect's most useful tools are an eraser at the drafting board, and a wrecking bar at the site. Frank Lloyd Wright Architects in the past have tended to concentrate their attention on the building as a static object. I believe dynamics are more important: the dynamics of people, their interaction with spaces and environmental condition. John Portman Architecture arouses sentiments in man. The architect's task therefore, is to make those sentiments more precise. Adolf Loos Architecture is a visual art, and the buildings speak for themselves. Julia Morgan Architecture is basically a container of something. I hope they will enjoy not so much the teacup, but the tea. Yoshio Taniguchi Architecture is not an inspirational business, it's a rational procedure to do sensible and hopefully beautiful things; that's all. Harry Seidler Architecture is the art of how to waste space. Philip Johnson Architecture is the learned game, correct and magnificent, of forms assembled in the light. Le Corbusier Architecture is the reaching out for the truth. Louis Kahn Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness. Frank Gehry

Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together. There it begins. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Architecture tends to consume everything else, it has become one's entire life. Arne Jacobsen As a designer, the mission with which we have been charged is simple: providing space at the right cost. Harry von Zell At a certain point, I just put the building and the art impulse together. I decided that building was a legitimate way to make sculpture. Martin Puryear Building art is a synthesis of life in materialised form. We should try to bring in under the same hat not a splintered way of thinking, but all in harmony together. Alvar Aalto Buildings should serve people, not the other way around.

But the building's identity resided in the ornament. Louis Sullivan Cities are the greatest creations of humanity. Daniel Libeskind Color in certain places has the great value of making the outlines and structural planes seem more energetic. Antonio Gaudi Designed by architects with honorable intentions but hands of palsy. Jimmy Breslin Don't clap too hard - it's a very old building. John Osborne

Even at the United Nations, where legend has it that the building was designed so that there could be no corner offices, the expanse of glass in individual offices is said to be a dead giveaway as to rank. Five windows are excellent, one window not so great. Enid Nemy Every building is a prototype. No two are alike. Helmut Jahn Every great architect is - necessarily - a great poet. He must be a great original interpreter of his time, his day, his age. Frank Lloyd Wright For many years, I have lived uncomfortably with the belief that most planning and architectural design suffers for lack of real and basic purpose. The ultimate purpose, it seems to me, must be the improvement of mankind. James Rouse Form follows function. Louis Sullivan Form follows profit is the aesthetic principle of our times. Richard Rogers Great buildings that move the spirit have always been rare. In every case they are unique, poetic, products of the heart. Arthur Erickson I am but an architectural composer. Alexander Jackson Davis I believe that the way people live can be directed a little by architecture. Tadao Ando I don't build in order to have clients. I have clients in order to build. Ayn Rand I don't divide architecture, landscape and gardening; to me they are one. Luis Barragan

I hate vacations. If you can build buildings, why sit on the beach? Philip Johnson I have designed the most buildings of any living American architect. Alexander Jackson Davis I love building spaces: architecture, furniture, all of it, probably more than fashion. The development procedure is more tactile. It's about space and form and it's something you can share with other people. Donna Karan I try to give people a different way of looking at their surroundings. That's art to me. Maya Lin

Introduction Speech Examples using a Simple Mnemonic-SPECTACLE

Whether it is a welcome speech, a graduation speech, a persuasive speech or a farewell speech, this easy mnemonic will summarize all the introduction speech examples into one word; SPECTACLE. This mnemonic gives tips on how to start a speech and answers one of the most frequently asked questions by the budding public speakers; "How to write introductory speech?"

SPECTACLE stand for: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Short Stories Proverbs Experience Theories, Laws, and Postulates Amusing Facts Current Affairs

7. Laughing Jokes 8. Evaluating Questions

Short Stories will make the Audience Curious

Any speech topics under the earth will have a story. An introductory speech that has an interesting story will grab the audiences' attention at the very beginning of the presentation. An experienced orator will write down some interesting stories at the speech writing stage itself.

Proverbs Work Good for a Introduction Speech and a Welcome Speech:

Nine out of ten introductory speeches will have inspiring quotes, famous sayings, and popular proverbs. Here is a sample speech of an orator who is talking about motivation skills in a seminar: "Good morning ladies and gentlemen, Jim Ron rightly said "Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going". Today we are going talk about various types of motivation and the factors that affects them." Many online resources are available where orators can find proverbs and quotes on almost any speech topics. Two of the most popular websites on proverbs and quotes include thinkexist.com and brainyquotes.com.

Experience is One of the Introduction Speech Examples that Show Human Touch
Narrating ones' own positive experience brings credibility and trust to the orators from the spectators. Describing and relating the topic to an incident that orators themselves have gone through will be helpful especially during persuasive speeches. One of the persuasive speech examples of an insurance agent is illustrated below: "I myself met with an accident two years before and this medical policy gave me a cashless facility at one of the nearest hospitals" This speech sample simply talks about how this medical policy helped the insurance agent in his/her own life.

Current Affairs is Hot and Fresh and is ready to be Served to the Spectators--On any Speech Topics

Orators, public speakers and trainers should seek information that is very recent and updated. Newspapers, magazines, online resources and journals are the primary sources to get information on current affairs.

Theories, Laws, and Postulates is yet Another Example of an Informative Speech.

The speech outline of a scientific topic differs from management of behavioral topic. Unlike a thank you speech or a welcome speech, the keynote speaker has to bring historical evidences and time tested proofs for topics such as science and technology. Here is a sample of informative speech outline: "The third law of Newton says 'For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction' but we need prove this law, I will give you one simple example"' So, laws, theories, postulates, historical evidences are some informative speech ideas that are used by lectures, professors and scientists.

Amusing Facts Keeps the Audience at the Edge of their Seats--Entertaining Speech Idea
Both a welcome speech and a farewell speech can be inserted with weird or amusing facts. Here is one of the welcome Introduction Speech Examples from a college graduate: "Do you know that sound travels 4 times faster in water than it does through air? Well, today you will find answers for many science questions. Good Morning and welcome to the quarterly science seminar. On behalf of the college students I thank my teachers and professors for organizing such an insightful event."

Clips, Videos and Audios gives Shape to an Informative Speech

The speech outline differs for each topic or ideas and an informative speech demands facts, details and explanations. Video clips are the best way to show something rather than telling about it. Use of clips, flowcharts and diagrams are some of the demonstration speech ideas trainers, public speakers and orators use to persuade the spectators.

Laughing Jokes is one of the Introduction Speech Examples for all kinds of Speeches

One of the uniqueness of humans is laughter. It is worth spending time researching humor elements on the topic of discussion. With a little effort, every other speech could be made designed with appropriate humor elements, jokes and anecdotes.

Evaluating Questions to know about the Audience

Ideally, open ended and rhetorical questions are used in the beginning of the presentation to build rapport with the spectators. However, care must be taken that the question are not deviating from the intentions and objective of the topic of discussion. Here is a sample introduction speech that use evaluating questions "How many of you are mechanical engineers?" audiences raise their hands. "How many have already attended this training in your previous company?" audiences raise their hands.

Introduction Speech Examples, sometimes called intro of speeches, is an opportunity to create the first impression in any presentation. Public speakers and orators should draft a speech outline to include relevant introduction to attract the audiences' attention.

INTRODUCTORY SPEECH - USAIN BOLT

Good morning Ladies and Gentlemen, It is both and honor and a privilege to be able to introduce you to a role model of note, a man of distinction - Usain bolt. Usain Bolt is a Jamaican sprinter and he was born on 21st of August 1986. Usain has distinguished himself as a world class sprinter and he holds the Olympic and World Records for the 100 meters in 9.69 seconds and the 200 meters in 19.30 seconds. Usain has taken his level of excellence one step further - and together with his teammates - he also won the 4X100 meters relay in the amazing time of 37.10 seconds. What makes Usain's achievements all the more remarkable is the fact that they were all set at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Usain became the first man to win all three events at a single Olympics since Carl Lewis in1984 and the fist man in history to set world records in all three events at a single Olympics. His name and his achievements in sprinting have earned him the media nickname "Lightning Bolt". I am sure that you all know a great deal about his public sprinting life, but there is more to Usain than just running. Sidebar: great sample introductory speeches always show the speaker's human side too.

Usain enjoys dancing and he is often described as a laid-back and relaxed character. The first sport to interest him was cricket and he said that if he was not a sprinter, he would be a fast bowler instead. He is a fan of Sachin Tendulkar, Chris Gayle and Matthew Hayden. Ladies and Gentlemen, I'm sure you will agree that the world of cricket has lost out - but the world of sprinting has gained a legendary role-model. Please join me in welcoming Usain Bolt to address you this morning with his words of wisdom.