Norman Foster famous quotes

04-23-2025

Everything inspires me; sometimes I think I see things others donâ€™t.
-- Norman Foster

#Thinking #Inspire #Sometimes
If you werenâ€™t an optimist, it would be impossible to be an architect.
-- Norman Foster

#Would Be #Impossible #Architect
As an architect you design for the present, with an awareness of the past, for a future which is essentially unknown.
-- Norman Foster

#Past #Bad Ass #Design
Architecture is an expression of values.
-- Norman Foster

#Expression #Architecture #Values
The pencil and computer are, if left to their own devices, equally dumb and only as good as the person driving them.
-- Norman Foster

#Dumb #Driving #Architecture
I was born in 1935, and as far back as I can remember, I was sketching designs. My first subject was an aircraft, which I imagined myself piloting.
-- Norman Foster

#Design #Firsts #Sketching
You cannot separate the buildings out from the infrastructure of cites and the mobility of transit.
-- Norman Foster

#Mobility #Citing #Building
Every time I've flown an aircraft, or visited a steelworks, or watched a panel-beater at work, I've learned something new that can be applied to buildings.
-- Norman Foster

#Building #Something New
Since Stonehenge, architects have always been at the cutting edge of technology. And you cant separate technology from the humanistic and spiritual content of a building.
-- Norman Foster

#Spiritual #Cutting #Technology
Manhattan, one of the most moneyed spots on the planet, also has one of the greatest concentrations of people in its skyscrapers. Its also, of course, the place where every architect wants to build his tower.
-- Norman Foster

#People #Manhattan #Want
I think you never stop learning.
-- Norman Foster

#Thinking #Never Stop Learning
I hope that any expansion of London will learn from the planning examples of some of its most desirable areas such as Chelsea, Notting Hill, Belgravia and Mayfair. All are characterised by high density and a generosity of green spaces. They are all pedestrian-friendly with shops, entertainment, restaurants and pubs within easy walking distance.
-- Norman Foster

#Distance #Space #Generosity
I would never wear anything with a logo. That I really find difficult. It's a frustration that I'll find a nice shirt or something and it's got 50 prints of the logo on it - why do they do this?
-- Norman Foster

#Nice #Frustration #Logos
Google has already tested robot cars in San Francisco. If they can navigate San Francisco, they can probably manage just about anywhere.
-- Norman Foster

#San Francisco #Car #Google
I tend to move between turtlenecks and shirts and ties. I don't really have a uniform in the sense that some people might.
-- Norman Foster

#Moving #Ties #People
Our object in life should be to accumulate a great number of grand questions to be asked and resolved in eternity ...
-- Norman Foster

#Numbers #Eternity #Should
It takes a lot of effort to make a building look effortless.
-- Norman Foster

#Effort #Looks #Building
I'm not a creature of habit. I like to find things from unexpected sources.
-- Norman Foster

#Unexpected #Habit #Source
Control is the wrong word. The practice is very much about sharing, and, in any creative practice, some individuals, whether partners or directors, are much closer to certain projects than I could ever be.
-- Norman Foster

#Practice #Creative #Directors
Didn't think her vision was consistent with the ORC, especially the way the Council wishes to work with the ORC. For example, with regard to the zoning ordinance, the Council sees a comprehensive approach, the ORC wants to review the ordinances and simplify them. Pam's vision was counter to that.
-- Norman Foster

#Thinking #Vision #Wish

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