The interior of the house personifies the private world the exterior of it is part of the outside world. Stephen Gardiner
If you give people nothingness, they can ponder what can be achieved from that nothingness. Tadao Ando
Nothing requires the architect's care more than the due proportions of buildings. Marcus V. Pollio
Proportions are what makes the old Greek temples classic in their beauty. They are like huge blocks, from which the air has been literally hewn out between the columns. Arne Jacobsen
Architecture is not an inspirational business, it's a rational procedure to do sensible and hopefully beautiful things that's all. Harry Seidler
Not many architects have the luxury to reject significant things. Rem Koolhaas
No architect troubled to design houses that suited people who were to live in them, because that would have meant building a whole range of different houses. It was far cheaper and, above all, timesaving to make them identical. Michael Ende
The work of art shows people new directions and thinks of the future. The house thinks of the present. Adolf Loos
My buildings don't speak in words but by means of their own spaciousness. Thom Mayne
Designed by architects with honorable intentions but hands of palsy. Jimmy Breslin
The dialogue between client and architect is about as intimate as any conversation you can have, because when you're talking about building a house, you're talking about dreams. Robert A. M. Stern
The Romans were not inventors of the supporting arch, but its extended use in vaults and intersecting barrel shapes and domes is theirs. Harry Seidler