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Architecture Quotes. We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us. Winston Churchill Architecture is the art which so disposes and adorns the edifices raised by man, that the sight of them may contribute to his mental health, power, and pleasure. John Ruskin All fine architectural values are human values, else not valuable. Frank Lloyd Wright Architecture begins where engineering ends. Walter Gropius All architecture is great architecture after sunset; perhaps architecture is really a nocturnal art, like the art of fireworks. G K Chesterton A modern, harmonic and lively architecture is the visible sign of an authentic democracy. Walter Gropius You have to give this much to the Luftwaffe: when it knocked down our buildings it did not replace them with anything more offensive than rubble. We did that. Prince Charles What is proposed is like a monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much loved and elegant friend. Prince Charles Architecture is the art of how to waste space. Philip Johnson In my experience, if you have to keep the lavatory door shut by extending your left leg, it's modern architecture. Nancy Banks-Smith |