Michael Graves

“I don't think that you can be prescriptive about anything, I mean, life is too complicated. It's what's interesting about it.”

“My favorite project is always the next one.”

“In any architecture, there is an equity between the pragmatic and the symbolic.”

“I believe that the way people live can be directed a little by architecture.”

“I'm not a modernist. I'm a humanist.”

“Architecture is not an inspirational business, it's a rational procedure to do sensible and hopefully beautiful things; that's all.”

“If you're not a risk-taker, you should get the hell out of business.”

“The public is more familiar with bad design than good design. It is, in effect, conditioned to prefer bad design, because that is what it lives with.”

“I have a love/hate relationship with the city of New York.”

“I'm interested in the civic quality of buildings, how they participate in the city.”

“Design should not be a special thing. It should be a part of everyday life.”

“Good design is a language, not a style.”