Structural Engineering Quotes

Infrastructure is much more important than architecture.

Architecture is the thoughtful making of space.

The only job that was ever of interest to me other than filmmaking is architecture.

Architecture is invention.

I was a very interested arts student, I was always into that part of school and when I got into high school I went into architectural drafting. It gave me an understanding of how to build things and it's really helped me put things in perspective. With my music and my movies, to me it's all art.

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

Since Stonehenge, architects have always been at the cutting edge of technology. And you can't separate technology from the humanistic and spiritual content of a building.

When you build a bridge, you insist that it can carry 30,000 pounds, but you only drive 10,000-pound trucks across it. And that same principle works in investing.

Architecture is the very mirror of life.You only have to cast your eyes on buildings to feel the presence of the past, the spirit of a place; they are the reflection of society.

When I started university, I didn't know much about architecture, so I flipped through a lot of magazines, looking at different and exciting images from all over the world. I thought that architecture could be interesting.

I don't think the people wanna see me play Clyde Johnson the architect.

Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together. There it begins.

For as long as I can remember, I have been fascinated by things large and small. I wanted to know what made my watch tick, my radio play, and my house stand. I wanted to know who invented the bottle cap and who designed the bridge. I guess from early on I wanted to be an engineer.

Architecture is unnecessarily difficult. It's very tough.

I don't think architecture is radical. How can something that takes years and costs millions be radical?

Nothing requires the architect's care more than the due proportions of buildings.

An engineer can form a more handsome waterfall than any to be found in nature.

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

I don't find Hollywood interesting, so I'm thinking of studying architecture instead.

Many architects say that they will never do a bridge. But I think they will discover that just as Fallingwater is a piece of art, so Golden Gate is a piece of art of the 20th century.

I am opposed to the laying down of rules or conditions to be observed in the construction of bridges lest the progress of improvement tomorrow might be embarrassed or shackled by recording or registering as law the prejudices or errors of today.

My dad was a brilliant civil engineer. My parents later divorced, but we lived in Abu Dhabi, Greece, Kuwait.

Buildings have been made because of man.

I needed to understand the spirit of a tall building, what makes it important, what should I try to achieve in a tall building. It became a very interesting problem, something that I like very much.