A builder is like a little god - somebody who does things, doesn't just draw things.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
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.
Speaking as a builder, if you start something, you must have a vision of the thing which arises from your instinct about preserving and enhancing what is there.
The difference between a builder and an architect is that an architect also cares about desire, about dreams.
Look at kids playing with blocks. I think it's in everyone's DNA to want to be a builder.
With buildering, I get to keep that element of danger. Plus, I very much like the feeling of height, and buildings have even more of a feeling of height than rock faces.
I'm not a builder of buildings, I'm a builder of collections.
Speaking as a builder, if you start something, you must have a vision of the thing which arises from your instinct about preserving and enhancing what is there... If you're working correctly, the feeling doesn't wander about.
With a painter or a sculptor, one cannot begin to alter his works, but an architect has to put up with anything, because he makes utility objects - the building is there to be used, and times change.
I came to architecture from building. Because my father was a builder, everybody was - and is - a builder in my family.
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.