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Famous Architect Dictums: "All Fine Architectural Values Are Human Vales, Else Not Valuable."

This document contains famous quotes and dictums from notable architects throughout history. Some of the key ideas expressed are: form and function should be joined in a spiritual union (Frank Lloyd Wright); architecture must meet the requirements of its time and reflect human values (Frank Lloyd Wright); architecture is the triumph of human imagination over materials and methods (Frank Lloyd Wright); and architecture starts simply with carefully placing two bricks together (Ludwig Mies van der Rohe). The quotes provide insights into how different architects view the relationship between form and function in architecture, and their philosophies on what architecture represents.

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Famous Architect Dictums: "All Fine Architectural Values Are Human Vales, Else Not Valuable."

This document contains famous quotes and dictums from notable architects throughout history. Some of the key ideas expressed are: form and function should be joined in a spiritual union (Frank Lloyd Wright); architecture must meet the requirements of its time and reflect human values (Frank Lloyd Wright); architecture is the triumph of human imagination over materials and methods (Frank Lloyd Wright); and architecture starts simply with carefully placing two bricks together (Ludwig Mies van der Rohe). The quotes provide insights into how different architects view the relationship between form and function in architecture, and their philosophies on what architecture represents.

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FAMOUS ARCHITECT DICTUMS

"EVERY GREAT ARCHITECT IS- NECESSARILY - A GREAT POET.HE


MUST BE A GREAT ORIGINAL INTERPRETER OF HIS
“ARCHITECTURE MUST MEET 3 REQUIREMENTS:
TIME,HIS DAY, HIS AGE"
“ FORM EVER FOLLOWS FUNCTION.”
-FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
-LOUIS SULLIVAN
“ALL FINE ARCHITECTURAL VALUES ARE HUMAN VALES,
“ OUR ARCHITECTURE REFLECTS TRULY AS A MIRROR.”
ELSE NOT VALUABLE.”
- LOUIS SULLIVAN
-FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
"THE ARCHITECT WHO COMBINES IN HIS BEING THE
“ I KNOW THE PRICE OF SUCCESS: DEDICATION, HARD
POWERS OF VISION, OF IMAGINATION, OF INTELLECT,
WORK AND AN UNREMITTING DEVOTION TO THE
OF SYMPATHY WITH HUMAN NEED AND THE POWER
THINGS YOU WANT TO SEE HAPPEN.”
TO INTERPRET THEM IN ALANGUAGE VERNACULAR
-FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
AND TIME--- IS HE WHO SHALLCREATE POEMS IN
STONE."
“ WE ARE CALLED TO BE ARCHITECTS OF THE FUTURE,
- LOUIS SULLIVAN
NOT ITS VICTIMS.”
-RICHARD BUCKMINSTER FULLER
“FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION”
- LOUIS SULLIVAN
“ DOING MORE WITH LESS.”
-RICHARD BUCKMINSTER FULLER
"FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION- THAT HAS BEEN
MISUNDERSTOOD. FORM AND FUNCTION SHOULD BE
"WHEN I AM WORKING ON A PROBLEM, I NEVER
ONE,JOINED IN A SPIRITUAL UNION"
THINK ABOUT BEAUTY... BUT WHEN I HAVE FINISHED,
-FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
IF THE SOLUTION IS NOT BEAUTIFUL, I KNOW IT IS
WRONG"
“ARCHITECTURE IS ORGANIC”
-BUCKMINSTER FULLER
- FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
"MAKE BIG PLANS; AIM HIGH IN HOPE AND WORK,
“ THE THING ALWAYS HAPPENS THAT YOU REALLY
REMEMBERING THAT A NOBLE, LOGICAL DIAGRAM
BELIEVE IN; AND THE BELIEF IN A THING MAKES IT
ONCE RECORDED WILL NOT DIE"
HAPPEN.”
-DANIEL BURNHAM
-FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
"MAKE NO LITTLE PLANS; THEY HAVE NO MAGIC TO
“ A DOCTOR CAN BURY HIS MISTAKES BUT AN ARCHITECT
STIR MEN'S BLOOD"
CAN ONLY ADVISE HIS CLIENT TO PLANT VINES.”
-DANIEL BURNHAM
-FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
“FORM DOES NOT NECESSARILY FOLLOW FUNCTION”
“ THE GOOD BUILDING
-ANTONIO GAUDI
IS NOT ONE THAT HURTS THE LANDSCAPE, BUT ONE
WHICH MAKES THE LANDSCAPE MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN IT
“ THOSE WHO LOOK FOR THE LAWS OF NATURE AS A
WAS BEFORE THE BUILDING WAS BUILT.”
SUPPORT FOR THEIR NEW WORKS COLLABORATE WITH
-FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
THE CREATOR.”
-ANTONIO GAUDI
"ARCHITECTURE IS THE TRIUMPH OF HUMAN
IMAGINATION OVER MATERIALS, METHODS, AND
"ARCHITECTURE IS THE REACHING OUT FOR THE
MEN, TO PUT MAN INTOPOSSESSION OF HIS OWN
TRUTH"
EARTH"
-LOUIS KAHN
-FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
“A HOUSE IS A HOUSE”
“ AN ARCHITECT’S MOST USEFUL TOOLS ARE AN
- LOUIS KAHN
ERASER AT THE DRAFTING BOARD, AND A WRECKING
BAR AT THE SITE.”
“A BRIDGE IS LIKE A HOUSE”
-FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
-R O B E R T M A I L L A R T
“FUNCTION INFLUENCE BUT DOES NOT DICTATE
FORM”
- EERO SAARINEN

“ARCHITECTURAL-FORM EQUALS SOCIAL-FORM”


-ELIEL SAARINEN

"ALL ARCHITECTS WANT TO LIVE BEYOND THEIR


DEATHS"
-PHILIP JOHNSON

“ GOD IS IN THE DETAILS ”


-LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE

“ ARCHITECTURE STARTS WHEN YOU CAREFULLY PUT


TWOBRICKS TOGETHER. THERE IT BEGINS.”
-LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE

"ARCHITECTURE IS THE WILL OF AN EPOCH


TRANSLATED INTOSPACE"
-LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE

"ARCHITECTURE STARTS WHEN YOU CAREFULLY PUT


TWOBRICKS TOGETHER. THERE IT BEGINS"
-LUDWIG MIES VAN DER ROHE

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