Wayne Messam Quotes

I enjoy construction and the process of building things, so maybe I'd be a developer of some kind - residential and commercial. Because I produce a lot of television now, I enjoy building things from the ground up, whether it's a physical structure or a show, and seeing them and realizing them.

I don't know if it's genetic or just because I was surrounded by it, but I was always fascinated with building and construction and development.

I was following my dad around from a young age. I don't know if it's genetic or just because I was surrounded by it, but I was always fascinated with building and construction and development.

Infrastructure is much more important than architecture.

Architect. One who drafts a plan of your house, and plans a draft of your money.

An architect's most useful tools are an eraser at the drafting board, and a wrecking bar at the site.

It's fascinating to me how they build bridges or tunnels.

My father was a master carpenter and builder. Architectural design, engineering design, mechanical design, three-dimensional views, that was my shtick, my forte.

Ninety percent of the buildings we live in and around aren't architecture. No, that's not right - 98 percent.

Construction is a matter of optimism; its a matter of facing the future with confidence.

Architecture is by definition a very collaborative process.

Architecture is a result of a process of asking questions and testing them and re-interrogating and changing in a repetitive way.

I wanted to be an architect. I used to draw houses and buildings and construct buildings on my own.

I like building.

I've built two wooden houses near Vals. I built them for my wife. Those were private projects.

I love architecture.

What I learned from architectural drafting is that everything has to have a plan to work. You just can't wing it. I can't get all the materials I need for a house and just start building. Whether it's a career, family, life - you have to plan it out.

Architecture begins when you place two bricks carefully together.

Architects design houses. I live in a home.

It'll be a great place if they ever finish it.

If, early on, you know how things are put together, then you can build. The architect is in charge of making - he is not an artist.

My job the same as carpenter. What kind of house you want to build? What kind of food you want to make? You think your ingredients, your structure. Simple.

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

I have an expensive hobby: buying homes, redoing them, tearing them down and building them up the way they want to be built. I want to be an architect.

You can be a mason and build 50 buildings, but it doesn't mean you can design one.