Martin Puryear Quotes

I think architecture has to be a gift.

Designis a revelation to me. It's like taking something that is not alive and giving it form, shape, substance, and life.

I've always been interested in art, architecture, color.

Architecture is invention.

If a building becomes architecture, then it is art.

Music, first of all, is completely about abstraction, which is exactly what architecture is not. In a way, it has been incredibly constructive to know what true abstraction is. So you don't fall into the trap of thinking that what you do is abstract.

I work a little bit like a sculptor. When I start, my first idea for a building is with the material. I believe architecture is about that. It's not about paper, it's not about forms. It's about space and material.

Art revolves around creating something that isn't there.

I've always had an interest in design, and I have always loved creating things.

To me, architecture is an art, naturally, and it isn't architecture unless it's alive. Alive is what art is. If it's not alive, it's dead, and it's not art.

Architecture is a visual art, and the buildings speak for themselves.

An artist is somebody who produces things that people don't need to have.

I love art in general - architecture, anything creative.

I love the creative process and being able to build something out of nothing.

I love architecture.

Not yesterday, not tomorrow, only today can be given form. Only this architecture creates.

I call architecture frozen music.

I'm into designing houses and interior design. I like change. I like creating things out of nothing.

Everything is raw material to me. Land is raw material... I take one form and transform it into other forms.

The drawing is already partly there - it's in the paper. And the paper is talking before you do.

I like to play with architecture! It's my favorite game.

There hasn't been any art yet. Art is just beginning.

Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art.

I like building and making things. I, perhaps, would like to try my hand at directing one day. Sometimes I fancy myself as an architect - but I think I might need to go back to school for that.

Sculpture is the art of the intelligence.