Quotes by : Alvar Aalto

Nothing is as dangerous in architecture as dealing with separated problems. If we split life into separated....

The very essence of architecture consists of a variety and development reminiscent of natural organic....

God created paper for the purpose of drawing architecture on it. Everything else is, at least for me,....

Just as it takes time for a speck of fish spawn to develop into a fully grown fish, so, too, we need....

Architecture is not merely national but clearly has local ties in that it is rooted in the earth.

Building art is a synthesis of life in materialised form. We should try to bring in under the same hat....

We should work for simple, good, undecorated things, but things which are in harmony with the human being....

The ultimate goal of the architect...is to create a paradise. Every house, every product of architecture.......

Once I tried to make a standardization of staircases. Probably that is one of the oldest of the standardizations.....

Architecture belongs to culture, not to civilization.

We should concentrate our work not only to a separated housing problem but housing involved in our daily....