Pritzker Prize Winner Architects

"Architecture is essentially the design of space."

"Light, colour, shadow, and volume in continuous dialogue."

"My buildings are about movement."

"Architecture is invention."

"Architecture is the game of forms."

"Space is the essence of architecture."

"Everything is architecture."

"Architecture is frozen music."

"Modern architecture is informed by tradition."

"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication."

"I am not attracted to straight angles or to the harmony of forms."

"Architecture should be honest."

"Architecture is the concrete representation of collective memory."

"Less is a bore."

"Architecture is one of the few humanities that is almost purely a process."

"Architecture is not about objects, it is about relationships."

"Each project has its own soul."

"I try to develop architecture responding to space and light."

"Architecture is an emanation and reflection of the environment."

"Architecture begins where biology ends."

"Technology is the answer, but what is the question?"

"Design for the present with awareness of the past."

"Architecture is a dangerous mix of power and importance."

"We are interested in the gap between art and architecture."

"Touch the earth lightly."

"Architecture is the making of places."

"There are 360 degrees, so why stick to one?"

"Architecture is about a lot of disciplines coming together."

"Architecture must be social and human."

"We prefer the idea of renewal to the idea of preservation."

"Architecture is the truth of the materials."

"I cannot create atmosphere, I can only feel it."

"Context, precision, transparency, purity."

"My work is not about signature style but about place."

"Evoke past without direct references."

"Many architects today compete only for form."

"Provide beautiful and psychologically supportive shelters."

"The role of architect is now being challenged."

"Our work is of and for the earth."

"Architecture that is serious, never flashy."

"Architecture is the borrowing of ideas."

"Good architecture is open—to life."

"Good architecture is open to life..."

"Everyone deserves quality...luxury...comfort."

"The challenge is to restore dignity to forgotten buildings."

"Any work of architecture belongs to the community."

"Architecture that celebrates lives of ordinary citizens."