Anthony Holden Quotes

Architecture is a political art connecting our values to the ages.

Wellington is the King of England. O'Connell is King of Ireland, and I am only the Dean of Windsor

You can trace the entire history of Britain by looking at gardens.

In Lagos there's a really strong case to resurrect strong parts. Embedded in all of it are some amazing pieces of planning, amazing pieces of engineering and interaction. For instance, the campus of Lagos University is stunningly beautiful, efficient and generous, and that needs to be recognised and preserved.

Architecture begins where engineering ends.

I love architecture.

Queen has taken the all of our time for last four or five years, you know.

A true king is neither husband nor father; he considers his throne and nothing else.

Building design isn't trendy.

Architecture is invention.

Architecture is always political.

If you're lucky, and a building succeeds, the real product has many more dimensions than you can ever imagine. You have the sun, the light, the rain, the birds, the feel.

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.

Architecture is the reaching out for the truth.

Buildings designed with careful attention to aesthetics arouse and enlighten their occupants and that promotes their good health.

My role as king will be much like my mum's as queen, so long as I remain in tune with the people.

Architecture is basically the design of interiors, the art of organizing interior space.

The general public will almost always stand behind the traditionalists. In the public eye, architecture is about comfort, about shelter, about bricks and mortar.

Architecture is art, nothing else.

I am immersed in architecture all day, working in my office or teaching.

While I have corrected agreed factual errors, I have not been inhibited from writing what I felt to be the truth about The Prince of Wales.

Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness.

I'm working on a school of architecture in China. It's rare that an architect gets to design a school of architecture, and here I get to do it. I'm so pleased that they asked me.

I studied at a time when buildings were sterile things, and their creators were hands-off people - super-intelligent people, but you felt they didn't love the stuff buildings are made from.

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