Michael Graves quotes: wise famous quotes, sayings and quotations by Michael Graves

Michael Graves Famous Quotes & Sayings

Discover top inspirational quotes from Michael Graves on Wise Famous Quotes.

Michael Graves quotes: In any architecture, there is an equity between the pragmatic function and the symbolic function.

In any architecture, there is an equity between the pragmatic function and the symbolic function.

Michael Graves quotes: I don't care what people call me, labels have the negative value of making smaller boundaries for people.

I don't care what people call me, labels have the negative value of making smaller boundaries for people.

Michael Graves quotes: You can never draw enough or read enough - reading about architecture, in other words.

You can never draw enough or read enough - reading about architecture, in other words.

Michael Graves quotes: Architectural and product designs have a narrative capacity - you can start to tell a story about them and imagine a lot of things.

Architectural and product designs have a narrative capacity - you can start to tell a story about them and imagine a lot of things.

Michael Graves quotes: I don't believe in morality in architecture.

I don't believe in morality in architecture.

Michael Graves quotes: If I have a style, I am not aware of it.

If I have a style, I am not aware of it.

Michael Graves quotes: In America, writers are afforded the freedom to express themselves in unlimited manners. Creative liberty is a privilege.

In America, writers are afforded the freedom to express themselves in unlimited manners. Creative liberty is a privilege.

Michael Graves quotes: The Alessi relationship and the Target one has broadened the role of architects in society and broadened the concept that design belongs to everyone.

The Alessi relationship and the Target one has broadened the role of architects in society and broadened the concept that design belongs to everyone.

Michael Graves quotes: I see architecture not as Gropius did, as a moral venture, as truth, but as invention, in the same way that poetry or music or painting is invention.

I see architecture not as Gropius did, as a moral venture, as truth, but as invention, in the same way that poetry or music or painting is invention.

Michael Graves quotes: I have no requirements for a style of architecture.

I have no requirements for a style of architecture.

Michael Graves quotes: I don't clean now, because I'm paralyzed. But let me tell you, I would clean. I cleaned, and I ironed. It's my inner femininity.

I don't clean now, because I'm paralyzed. But let me tell you, I would clean. I cleaned, and I ironed. It's my inner femininity.

Michael Graves quotes: Amply described blowjobs and anal scenes may stigmatise gay writers.

Amply described blowjobs and anal scenes may stigmatise gay writers.

Michael Graves quotes: I've always believed that what can make a domestic setting truly home is the infusion of a cultural dimension.

I've always believed that what can make a domestic setting truly home is the infusion of a cultural dimension.

Michael Graves quotes: Architecture is not all about the design of the building and nothing else, it is also about the cultural setting and the ambience, the whole affair.

Architecture is not all about the design of the building and nothing else, it is also about the cultural setting and the ambience, the whole affair.

Michael Graves quotes: The dialogue of architecture has been centered too long around the idea of truth.

The dialogue of architecture has been centered too long around the idea of truth.

Michael Graves quotes: I taught at Princeton for 39 years, and the school of architecture on the campus is the worst building on the campus.

I taught at Princeton for 39 years, and the school of architecture on the campus is the worst building on the campus.

Michael Graves quotes: I know that's not something that people like to do - identify a favorite. But I do.

I know that's not something that people like to do - identify a favorite. But I do.

Michael Graves quotes: My favorite project is always the next one.

My favorite project is always the next one.

Michael Graves quotes: Good design to me is both appearance and functionality together. It's the experience that makes it good design.

Good design to me is both appearance and functionality together. It's the experience that makes it good design.

Michael Graves quotes: As a child, I was obsessed with drawing things, like Mickey and Donald. And houses. My mother was worried I'd become an artist.

As a child, I was obsessed with drawing things, like Mickey and Donald. And houses. My mother was worried I'd become an artist.

Michael Graves quotes: I believe well-designed places and objects can actually improve healing, while poor design can inhibit it.

I believe well-designed places and objects can actually improve healing, while poor design can inhibit it.

Michael Graves quotes: The oldest book I have is a treatise on architecture from the 17th century.

The oldest book I have is a treatise on architecture from the 17th century.

Michael Graves quotes: I wouldn't have been a health care nut if it hadn't been for my paralysis, so something good came from this.

I wouldn't have been a health care nut if it hadn't been for my paralysis, so something good came from this.

Michael Graves quotes: I stayed true to what I thought was good design no matter who it was for.

I stayed true to what I thought was good design no matter who it was for.

Michael Graves quotes: Sometimes we need fellow radicals to remind us of what we, as writers, have set out to proclaim.

Sometimes we need fellow radicals to remind us of what we, as writers, have set out to proclaim.

Michael Graves quotes: It was always my goal to 'up the ante' on good design, and I've devoted much of my career to this.

It was always my goal to 'up the ante' on good design, and I've devoted much of my career to this.

Michael Graves quotes: The avant garde is so narcissistic.

The avant garde is so narcissistic.