Construction Quotes

Frank Lloyd Wright made houses right up until the end. I think that's important because it gives you a direct connection to all the basic aspects of architecture - the spatial energy of the place, the construction, the materials, the site, the detail.

~ Steven Holl

In my early 20s I was so miserable doing construction, I wanted something that paid money. I liked nice stuff. I liked cars and architecture, and things that cost money. I wanted to not swing a hammer, and make money... and not do stuff that was dirty. I attempted to get into comedy. I started to do stand-up, but I wasn't very good at it.

~ Adam Carolla

All those involved in the construction of an architectural design, from the architect to the builder, have an attachment to the architecture, although it's difficult to quantify the attachment.

~ Tadao Ando

No, men and women of the Irish race, we shall not fight for England. We shall fight for the destruction of the British Empire and the construction of an Irish republic.

~ James Larkin

The construction of Europe is an art. It is the art of the possible.

~ Jacques Chirac

Success in the revolution and construction depends on how a party, the General Staff of the revolution, is built and on how its leadership role is enhanced.

~ Kim Jong-Un

The Dallas model, prominent in the South and Southwest, sees a growing population as a sign of urban health. Cities liberally permit housing construction to accommodate new residents. The Los Angeles model, common on the West Coast and in the Northeast Corridor, discourages growth by limiting new housing.

~ Virginia Postrel

With fashion, you really need to understand the aspects of construction. Not just design on an iPad.

~ Tim Gunn

We worked with the engineers in the design and construction and testing phases in those various areas, then we would get back together at the end of the week and brief each other as to what had gone on.

~ Alan Shepard

The fictive structure, my work, my imagination, my books are about the details, the huge construction about culture, Islamic culture or modern Turkey. They're all intertwined.

~ Orhan Pamuk

There's no art to find the mind's construction in the face.

~ William Shakespeare

What makes the production of my work so expensive? The whole installation thing - the construction, the objects, the technology. It really adds up.

~ Barbara Kruger

Most men love money and security more, and creation and construction less, as they get older.

~ John Maynard Keynes

I have women working in high positions. I was one of the first people to put women in charge of big construction jobs. And, you know, I've had a great relationship with women.

~ Donald Trump

Environmental spending creates jobs in engineering, manufacturing, construction, materials, operations and maintenance.

~ Keith Ellison

My dad, he was a construction worker. He was a butcher. He was a deep sea fisherman.

~ Aisha Tyler