Joshua Prince-Ramus Quotes

Does it follow that the house has nothing in common with art and is architecture not to be included in the arts? Only a very small part of architecture belongs to art: the tomb and the monument. Everything else that fulfils a function is to be excluded from the domain of art.

When I work on sculpture, I don't have to worry about function. When I work on a piece of architecture, I must think about function all the time.

Nothing in the world can be more exciting than to create something and see it work.

I would like my architecture to inspire people to use their own resources, to move into the future.

Enthusiasm is not the same as just being excited. One gets excited about going on a roller coaster. One becomes enthusiastic about creating and building a roller coaster.

Whether it be the heart to conceive, the understanding to direct, or the hand to execute.

We refuse to recognize problems of form, but only problems of building. Form is not the aim of our work, but only the result. Form, by itself, does not exist. Form as an aim is formalism; and that we reject.

Everything is raw material to me. Land is raw material... I take one form and transform it into other forms.

I'm ready to create.

To me, a building - if it's beautiful - is the love of one man, he's made it out of his love for space, materials, things like that.

The world needs dreamers and the world needs doers. But above all, the world needs dreamers who do.

At a certain point, I just put the building and the art impulse together. I decided that building was a legitimate way to make sculpture.

It was the drawing that led me to architecture, the search for light and astonishing forms.

At the root of everything I do is a fascination with ideas - what ideas are for, what jobs they do.

I believe enlightenment or revelation comes in daily life. I look for joy, the peace of action. You need action. I'd have stopped writing years ago if it were for the money.

Passion means finding a way.

Once you let go of the idea of waiting for a magical lightning bolt of genius to hit, you can really get to work.

A movement only takes form from that first act. Exploring a curiosity, or a real passion, and being motivated by a desire to solve something - that's really the best way.

Anytime I think about my office, I think about creativity.

Early in my career, I tried to bring an artistic feeling to architecture. That's really the intent and impression of what I think about: context, space, shapes, and landscape.

When the opportunity is there, you have to let your creative juices start flowing and reach and grab for it.

Creating something new is the difficult part. To make it and build it and get everyone to follow? Amazing.

Personally, one of the greatest sources of inspiration for my work has been architecture. I've had the chance to see so many exquisite structures, whether they are historical monuments or modern commercial premises.

I am an engineer, not just an architect, so I've always been motivated by technique or technology. As soon as technology moves just a little bit, it changes architecture.

Go ahead, do something impossible.