“I studied to be an architect. And I find tremendous similarities between building a company and the design process. Businesses have to do their planning on the fly in a fashion similar to an architect sketching.” ProcessCompanyFashionDesignBuildingPlanningArchitectSimilaritySketchingDesign Process Author:John Katzman
“A French woman is a perfect architect in dress: she never, with Gothic ignorance, mixes the orders; she never tricks out a snobby Doric shape with Corinthian finery; or, to speak without metaphor, she conforms to general fashion only when it happens not to be repugnant to private beauty.” HappensOrderSpeakPerfectFashionIgnoranceShapesDressesMetaphorTricksArchitectConformGothicCorinthiansSnobbyFrench Woman Author:Oliver Goldsmith
“Architects feel empowered to give opinions about politics and sociology and philosophy without knowing much about it. Kind of in the same way that they think they can design furniture or fashion or utensils for dining.” ThinkingWayGivingFeelsKindPhilosophyOpinionKnowingFashionDesignArchitectSociologyFurnitureEmpoweredDiningUtensils Author:Rafael Vinoly
“People often ask me if I consider myself to be an architect, fashion designer, or artist. I'm an architect. The paintings I've done are very important to me, but they were part of a process of thinking and developing.” PeopleIfsThinkingImportantDoneArtistAsksProcessFashionPaintingDevelopingAsk MeDesignerArchitectFashion Designer Author:Zaha Hadid