The job of the architect today is to create beautiful buildings. That's all.
今天建筑師的工作就是創(chuàng)造美麗的建筑。僅此而已。
I like to think of myself as a stylist.
我喜歡把自己看作一個(gè)風(fēng)格家。
Architecture is surely not the design of space, certainly not the massing or organizing of volumes. These are the means, not the end. The end is the complete and total work of art.
建筑肯定不是空間的設(shè)計(jì),當(dāng)然也不是體量的組合或組織。這些是手段,而不是目的。目的是完整而全面的藝術(shù)作品。
I am a whore, and I am paid very well for building high-rise buildings.
我是個(gè)妓女,而且我因?yàn)榻ㄔ旄邩嵌玫胶芎玫膱?bào)酬。
The only thing that really matters in architecture is the quality of the space.
建筑中唯一真正重要的是空間的質(zhì)量。
I would rather be right than consistent.
我寧愿正確也不愿保持一致。
We cannot not know history.
我們無法不了解歷史。
All architecture is shelter, all great architecture is the design of space that contains, cuddles, exalts, or stimulates the persons in that space.
所有的建筑都是庇護(hù)所,所有偉大的建筑都是空間的設(shè)計(jì),它包容、擁抱、提升或刺激身處其中的人。
I don't believe in principles, in case you haven't noticed.
我沒有信仰原則,如果你沒注意到的話。
Architecture is the art of how to waste space.
建筑是關(guān)于如何浪費(fèi)空間的藝術(shù)。