8 Quotes By Michael Graves


If I have a style, I am not aware of it.
Michael Graves on architecture

In any architecture, there is an equity between the pragmatic function and the symbolic function.
Michael Graves on architecture

I don't believe in morality in architecture.
Michael Graves on architecture

I have no requirements for a style of architecture.
Michael Graves on architecture

I see architecture not as Gropius did, as a moral venture, as truth, but as invention, in the same way that poetry or music or painting is invention.
Michael Graves on architecture

The dialogue of architecture has been centered too long around the idea of truth.
Michael Graves on architecture

It was always my goal to 'up the ante' on good design and rye devoted much of my career to this.
Michael Graves on design

I see architecture not as Gropius did, as a moral venture, as truth, but as invention, in the same way that poetry or music or painting is invention.
Michael Graves on poetry