John Malkovich Quotes

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

I came to architecture from building. Because my father was a builder, everybody was - and is - a builder in my family.

I am involved in the architecture of space.

I didn't know what architecture was except that I lived in a house. I don't even think that I knew the word for a long time. My dad funneled me into engineering because it was his background.

My home is in West Vancouver, B.C. My husband built it from drawings to design and colour.

I enjoy construction and the process of building things, so maybe I'd be a developer of some kind - residential and commercial. Because I produce a lot of television now, I enjoy building things from the ground up, whether it's a physical structure or a show, and seeing them and realizing them.

There's a very mathematical, mechanical side to architecture, and I probably lean more toward that aspect of it, though I'm terrible at numbers. But that side appeals to me more than the decorating aspect.

I like building.

What I learned from architectural drafting is that everything has to have a plan to work. You just can't wing it. I can't get all the materials I need for a house and just start building. Whether it's a career, family, life - you have to plan it out.

Architecture begins when you place two bricks carefully together.

Architects design houses. I live in a home.

I love working out how things are made, which is why I have so many models of towers.

The problem of the tall office building is one of the most stupendous, one of the most magnificent opportunities that the Lord of Nature in His beneficence has ever offered to the proud spirit of man.

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.

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

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.

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

Before I was 20, I was the leading architect of the Southwest.

I don't know if it's genetic or just because I was surrounded by it, but I was always fascinated with building and construction and development.

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

Some people design buildings and aircraft carriers and cars - and I designed picks.

You don't build a great castle just all at once.

I don't see any difference between architecture and engineering. It's the same profession.

Construction will always be needed. You will always need to renovate projects.

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