79 Quotes by Michael Graves

It would be nice if the cities knew who would be prosecuting before they passed the ordinance and started arresting people.

Rather than see the Art Center as an isolated object in the green, ... we were intrigued by the possibility of creating a positive, reciprocal relationship between the building and the landscape.

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

Architecture only does part of the work. How you fill the space matters just as much, sometimes more. I designed a beach house with a continuous living/dining area, but it had to have a table in the middle to give it a visual rhythm. Every room has a foreground and a background. But you also need a middle ground - like that table - to go between.

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

This is one of the few things that would make me instantly drop Northwest as a carrier of choice.

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

Design has nothing to do with economic class. If I were designing for Cartier or Tiffany, I would expend the same energy.

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