18 Quotes by Mario Botta

L'architecture transforme un état de nature, en état de culture.

Je suis un bâtisseur, je suis un homme de chantier, bien plus qu'un théoricien, et c'est peut-être la raison pour laquelle je suis convaincu qu'il n'y a que l'oeuvre effectivement construite qui puisse satisfaire aux attente de la société. Chaque fois que le projet réussit à dépasser le stade de la gestation, il s'enrichit au contact de la réalité.

Church architecture describes visually the idea of the sacred, which is a fundamental need of man.

For me, architecture is not just creating a space to protect people but to make them dream as well.

A museum is a spiritual place. People lower their voices when they get close to art.

Buildings in modern cities have lost their metaphoric aspect. Much contemporary architecture is very fragmented and busy on the outside. It's like a skin or a skull, but you don't know what's inside.

To me it was fascinating, the idea of going to university and studying a subject - architecture - that I had already faced in building some small houses.

I want to modernize the ancient. I prefer to work with materials formed naturally over thousands of years.

The architect works in the territory of memory.