We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us. Winston Churchill.
Architecture is the art which so disposes and adorns the edifices raised by man, that the sight of them may contribute to his mental health, power, and pleasure. John Ruskin
All fine architectural values are human values, else not valuable. Frank Lloyd Wright
Architecture begins where engineering ends. Walter Gropius
All architecture is great architecture after sunset; perhaps architecture is really a nocturnal art, like the art of fireworks. G K Chesterton
A modern, harmonic and lively architecture is the visible sign of an authentic democracy. Walter Gropius
You have to give this much to the Luftwaffe: when it knocked down our buildings it did not replace them with anything more offensive than rubble. We did that. Prince Charles
What is proposed is like a monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much loved and elegant friend. Prince Charles
Architecture is the art of how to waste space. Philip Johnson
In my experience, if you have to keep the lavatory door shut by extending your left leg, it’s modern architecture. Nancy Banks-Smith