Function Quotes

“The function of music in a film is to either underline or foreshadow.”

“To create architecture is to put in order. Put what in order? Function and objects.”

“Structure is the key to understanding function.”

“Making visible the logical, the functional, is the task of the designer.”

“The essence of a building is not what it looks like, but what it does.”

“The least obvious part of the system, its function or purpose, is often the most crucial determinant of the system’s behavior.”

“A system just does what it does. It can't be blamed for that. It is structured to do what it does, and that's all.”

“The structure is not just a means to an end, it is an end in itself.”

“Every kind of creature is developed by the exercise of its functions. If denied the exercise of its functions, it can not develop in the fullest degree.”

“A house is a machine for living in.”

“I turn with terror and horror from this lamentable plague of continuous functions with no derivatives.”

“Design has to work. Art does not.”

“An advertisement is a unit of salesmanship. It is not an entry in a literary contest.”

“Function is the foundation of any good design.”

“Only a very small part of architecture belongs to art: the tomb and the monument. Everything else that fulfils a function is to be excluded from the domain of art.”

“The true function of a judge is to be the mouth of the law.”

“Form is not the aim of our work. It is a result.”

“The basic function of law is to preserve the status quo.”

“I don't give a damn about 'pure' music. Music is not an end in itself.”