If architecture had nothing to do with art, it would be astonishingly easy to build houses, but the architect's task - his most difficult task - is always that of selecting.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I don't think architecture should be considered as an art form in the first instance. Whenever I say that, it makes people really angry. But this is a very political profession in the Grecian sense. I believe there have to be reasons for every building, and that the ideas should not be self-referential.
There are a lot of questions about whether architecture is art. The people who ask that think pretty tract houses are architecture. But that doesn't hold up.
In addressing a task, one almost always has several possible options, sometimes only a few, and they may all be practical and functional. But they lack the aesthetic aspect that raises it to architecture.
Architecture is my work, and I've spent my whole life at a drawing board, but life is more important than architecture. What matters is to improve human beings.
Architecture arouses sentiments in man. The architect's task therefore, is to make those sentiments more precise.
No person who is not a great sculptor or painter can be an architect. If he is not a sculptor or painter, he can only be a builder.
If a building becomes architecture, then it is art.
An architect is given a program, budget, place, and schedule. Sometimes the end product rises to art - or at least people call it that.
Architecture is the story of how we see ourselves. It is the architect's job to service everyday life.
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.