The Diary by Trevor Howells
Of all the arts in the world, none is more fundamental to the way we live than architecture. It is a mirror of our own time and of times gone by, a diary that is written in mud and timber, in brick and stone, in iron and steel, in concrete and glass. Our homes, our public buildings and cities reflect what we are, what we once were – and what we hope to become.
Great buildings and structures are much more than powerful works of architecture and engineering: they capture the spirit of their time. The unchanging of the structure of the Egypt of the pharaohs is present in the timeless simplicity of the pyramids.
You do not need to be an architect to experience the creative genius of a building.
- Trevor Howells, 2003
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“Architects are pretty much high-class whores. We can turn down projects the way they can turn down some clients, but we’ve both got to say yes to someone if we want to stay in business.” – Philip Johnson
“Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together. There it begins.” – Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
“Architecture is the art of how to waste space.” – Philip Johnson
“There are three forms of visual art: Painting is art to look at, sculpture is art you can walk around, and architecture is art you can walk through” – Dan Rice
“Architecture is music in space, as it were a frozen music” – Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling
“Houses are built to live in, not to look on; therefore, let use be preferred before uniformity, except where both may be had. ” – Francis Bacon
“A building can be designed to satisfy “by the month” with the regularity of a provider. Or it can give satisfaction in a very different way, “by the moment,” the fraction of a second, with the thrill of a lover.” – Richard Neutra
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