Greg Lynn Quotes

Space has always been the spiritual dimension of architecture. It is not the physical statement of the structure so much as what it contains that moves us.

The thing that brings people to wail at a wall, or face Mecca, or to go to church, is a search for that feeling of purity.

But I feel truly wowed by the architecture and the meaning of the architecture if you get lost in it and think about the man hours in the smallest little chapel, and the love involved. God it's fantastic.

I'm not a religious person. But, when I look at a beautiful cathedral, what brings awe, what induces awe is the idea that architecture, you know, a beautiful cathedral, a beautiful building.

Sacred spaces can be created in any environment.

Does an architecture to assuage the spirit have a place?

A temple is a landscape of the soul.

An instinctive taste teaches men to build their churches with spire steeples which point as with a silent finger to the sky and stars.

By turning your eyes on God in meditation, your whole soul will be filled with God. Begin all your prayers in the presence of God.

I like the aesthetics of the Church.

Everything man is doing in architecture is to try to go against nature. Of course we have to understand nature to know how far we have to go against nature. The secret, I think, of the future is not doing too much. All architects have the tendency to do too much.

I write in my study, where I also have my prayer altar. I believe that keeps me focused and gives me positive energy and reminds me that I'm merely the instrument of greater creative forces.

Good design begins with honesty, asks tough questions, comes from collaboration and from trusting your intuition.

The music that I have learned and want to give is like worshipping God. It's absolutely like a prayer.

In the Sagrada Familia, everything is providential.

I feel like I'm stepping into a place of spiritual contemplation every time I enter a studio; it's always had a certain magic to me that has never worn off with familiarity.

The new architecture of transparency and lightness comes from Japan and Europe.

All fine architectural values are human values, else not valuable.

As a Catholic, I find mindfulness helps me participate in my religion more wholeheartedly. If you are praying the rosary, participating in the rituals at Mass, or listening to the priest preach, you will actually be paying attention! Whatever your religion is, it can enhance the experience of participating in that religion.

Sometimes I just sit still and enjoy God's presence.

Architects think that beauty is a crime.

I wanted to show people that there's nothing wrong with trying to make something sacred.

I often ask myself, 'What would design be like if objects were made of a single part? Would we return to a better state of creation?'

Music is like church to me. It's as spiritual a connection as I just about ever make.

Church architecture describes visually the idea of the sacred, which is a fundamental need of man.