In any architecture, there is an equity between the pragmatic function and the symbolic function.
Michael Graves
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More quotes by Michael Graves
- If I have a style, I am not aware of it.
- In any architecture, there is an equity between the pragmatic function and the symbolic function.
- I don't believe in morality in architecture.
- I have no requirements for a style of architecture.
- 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.