Richard Rogers Quotes

I wanted a real profession. And I'd always been interested in architecture and in design and in, really, what makes things work. And understanding what's kind of behind the walls and why things stand up and some things don't.

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.

I haven't done any building designs since the Loaf House.

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

It was very useful to learn the history, the theory, and the art of building from a practical background.

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

Good buildings come from good people, and all problems are solved by good design.

Architecture is not an inspirational business, it's a rational procedure to do sensible and hopefully beautiful things; that's all.

Building is just skilled labor, I suppose. It's a lot of work. I don't mind other people building them, but the way things go together and are made is interesting to me; I like that a lot.

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

My main profession is architect.

As an architect, you do not have control of who will build the building and who will have the capability.

I am a home builder. I have to be an optimist.

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

Demolition is a part of construction.

My guilty pleasure is I like to watch a lot of HGTV. I really like watching design shows about houses, like extreme homes. Like buying a bridge and turning it into a house or something like that. I really am interested in home design or something like that... architecture.

Architects design houses. I live in a home.

What I try to do is the art of building, and the art of building is the art of construction; it is not only about forms and shapes and images.

Architecture is a service business. An architect is given a program, budget, place, and schedule. Sometimes the end product rises to art - or at least people call it that.

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.

Building a house from scratch in the middle of a field is a bit like building a prototype car. As with all prototypes, if you're building a car you usually have the luxury of producing several prototypes before you arrive at the production line version - so the opportunity for changing things is quite rich.

Architecture is about public space held by buildings.

Building a baseball team is like building a house. You look for the best architects, the best builders - and then you let them do their jobs.

I come from a long line of architects. I'm the only one who did not become an architect, but I've been around the drawing aspect and construction my whole life.

I was always really geeky about design and buildings. Always into architecture as a kid.