Robert A. M. Stern Quotes & Sayings

Our greatest responsibility is not to be pencils of the past. — Robert A. M. Stern

My cat speaks sign language with her tail. — Robert A. M. Stern

The dialogue between client and architect is about as intimate as any conversation you can have, because when you're talking about building a house, you're talking about dreams. — Robert A. M. Stern

To be an architect is to possess an individual voice speaking a generally understood language of form. — Robert A. M. Stern

The American dream has always depended on the dialogue between the present and the past. In our architecture, as in all our other arts-indeed, as in our political and social culture as a whole-ours has been a struggle to formulate and sustain a usable past. — Robert A. M. Stern

Communities of tract houses, plopped on a grid, represent a way of throwing historical forms around like bouillabaisse. — Robert A. M. Stern

Buildings should not look like Lady Gaga. — Robert A. M. Stern

That was the shocking part. Here we were in the midst of everything and this potentially giant story was being told and virtually noone was there. — Robert A. M. Stern