Form and Function Quotes

Architecture is the reaching out for the truth.

Architecture is invention.

To create architecture is to put in order. Put what in order? Function and objects.

The very essence of architecture consists of a variety and development reminiscent of natural organic life. This is the only true style in architecture.

Architecture is the beginning of something because it's - if you're not involved in first principles, if you're not involved in the absolute, the beginning of that generative process, it's cake decoration.

Style of the future is the convergence of function and fashion.

Ultimately, the artistic part of architecture has always interested me.

I like design, I like details, to me it is just another form of self-expression.

Architecture is a code. It's a pure code, derived from the dimensions of nature.

Beauty connotes humanity. We call a natural object beautiful because we see that its form expresses fitness, the perfect fulfillment of function.

I'm inspired by many things, from landscapes to textiles. Art and architecture always influence my design process.

It's useful because it's beautiful.

To me, form doesn't always follow function. Form has a life of its own, and at times, it may be the motivating force in design. When you're dealing with form as a sculptor, you feel that you are quite free in attempting to mould and shape things you want to do, but in architecture, it's much more difficult because it has to have a function.

A sculptor is a person who is interested in the shape of things, a poet in words, a musician by sounds.

When I design buildings, I think of the overall composition, much as the parts of a body would fit together. On top of that, I think about how people will approach the building and experience that space.

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.

I don't know why I've always been so captivated by architecture.

Design is a plan for arranging elements in such a way as best to accomplish a particular purpose.

The Pyramids are perfect, but you can't put the Pyramids in the middle of Manhattan. In the desert, the combination of light and form makes it perfect.

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.

I really don't have a theme when I start a sculpture. The rock guides me to the final sculpture. I think that is true for many creative sculpture artists.

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

I have tried to get close to the frontier between architecture and sculpture and to understand architecture as an art.

A painting doesn't have to have a real usability other than you looking at it. Obviously, a car, an engine, or battery has to fit people's needs.

Architecture begins where engineering ends.