Mario Botta said this quote

For me, architecture is not just creating a space to protect people but to make them dream as well.

~ Mario Botta

To me it was fascinating, the idea of going to university and studying a subject - architecture - that I had already faced in building some small houses.

~ Mario Botta

Great architecture of the past was always clear. SFMOMA is still a simple building to understand.

~ Mario Botta

The Academy of Architecture in Mendrisio comes from afar. Our land has a millennial history of emigrations: master masons, architects, builders, decorators, plasterers, artists from the world of building.

~ Mario Botta