Gottfried Bohm quotes

“A building is a human being's space and the background for his dignity and its exterior should reflect its contents and function”
-- Gottfried Bohm

Source : Gottfried Böhm, Hyatt Foundation (Los Angeles, Calif.) (1986). “The Pritzker Architecture Prize 1986, presented to Gottfried Böhm”

#Space Quotes #Dignity Quotes #Building Quotes

“New buildings should fit naturally into their surroundings, both architecturally and historically, without denying or prettifying the concerns of our time”
-- Gottfried Bohm

Source : Gottfried Böhm, Hyatt Foundation (Los Angeles, Calif.) (1986). “The Pritzker Architecture Prize 1986, presented to Gottfried Böhm”

#Fit Quotes #Building Quotes #Surroundings Quotes

“Architecture must make connections”
-- Gottfried Bohm

#Connections Quotes #Architecture Quotes

“I think the future of architecture does not lie so much in continuing to fill up the landscape, as in bringing back life and order to our cities and towns.”
-- Gottfried Bohm

#Lying Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Order Quotes

“You cannot just quote from history and above all you cannot take it out of context, in however humorous a fashion . On the contrary history has a natural continuity which must be respected”
-- Gottfried Bohm

Source : Gottfried Böhm, Hyatt Foundation (Los Angeles, Calif.) (1986). “The Pritzker Architecture Prize 1986, presented to Gottfried Böhm”

#Fashion Quotes #Humorous Quotes #Natural Quotes

“Streamlined time details are especially important, because by having to take a close look, we discover new things. Because of this, details will remain part of the building in the mind's eye”
-- Gottfried Bohm

Source : Gottfried Böhm, Hyatt Foundation (Los Angeles, Calif.) (1986). “The Pritzker Architecture Prize 1986, presented to Gottfried Böhm”

#Eye Quotes #Mind Quotes #Important Quotes

“I use different kinds of materials on different kinds of projects. Today we can do things with steel and glass that we could not do before. flexible enough to change.”
-- Gottfried Bohm

#Glasses Quotes #Different Quotes #Steel Quotes

“Tomer: “What's this?” Cabinet: “Wt's ths?” Wedge: “Cabinet.” Tomer: “I know it's a cabinet, but it's talking.” Cabinet: “...ts tlkng” Janson: “Oh that. It's the Catann Minister of Crawling Into Very Small Spaces.” Tycho: “He bet Wedge he could fold himself in the that cabinet, around the shelves and all.” Hobbie: “Never bet against Wedge. The Minister gets to stay in there until he admits that it was a stupid bet and that Wedge doesn't owe him anything.”

“Negative space is important. When I teach students to read critically I advise them to look for what the author isn't saying just as carefully as for what he or she is.”

Source : "Cartographer of Word Galaxies". Interview with Susan Lerner, logger.believermag.com. September 24, 2013.

“Your belief system saturates the space around you.”

“The ultimate Consciousness is always present everywhere. It is beyond space and time, with not before or after. It is undeniable and obvious. So what can be said about it?”

“My dignity and good television - they'll never meet.”

“Be thou the first true merit to befriend, his praise is lost who stays till all commend.”

“Let death find us as we are building up our matchstick protests against its waves.”

“Lisp isn't a language, it's a building material.”

“Manners are the basic building blocks of civil society.”

Source : Alexander McCall Smith (2004). “The Sunday Philosophy Club”, p.153, Anchor

“Running gave me a focus to start looking after myself, to eat properly, and focus on building up my strength.”