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Richard Rogers quotes

British Architect July 23, 1933

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My passion and great enjoyment for architecture, and the reason the older I get the more I enjoy it, is because I believe we - architects - can effect the quality of life of the people. Richard Rogers
Everyone has the right to walk from one end of the city to the other in secure and beautiful spaces. Everybody has the right to go by public transport. Everybody has the right to an unhampered view down their street, not full of railings, signs and rubbish. Richard Rogers
I believe very strongly, and have fought since many years ago - at least over 30 years ago - to get architecture not just within schools, but architecture talked about under history, geography, science, technology, art. Richard Rogers
There are times I almost think I am not sure of what I absolutely know. Very often find confusion in conclusion I concluded long ago. In my head are many facts that, as a student, I have studied to procure. In my head are many facts of which I wish I was more certain I was sure. Richard Rogers
I think we did a pretty good role, linking, being a sounding board really and a driving force, especially from the bottom up. I think that part of this is bottom up as well as top down. Richard Rogers
I'm just saying that there are high quality materials, and when we change them then there should be a way of changing them so that you can celebrate that change - rather than just 'mix it up'. Richard Rogers
Richard Rogers quote: "Form follows profit is the aesthetic principle of our times."
Form follows profit is the aesthetic principle of our times. Richard Rogers
So I think that, yes, anything that makes it more palatable and easier to understand, such as a Virtual Centre, has to be seen as a primary activity within the educational and information global state. Richard Rogers
Richard Rogers quote: "This is a pivotal time for urban regeneration. We must take a..."
This is a pivotal time for urban regeneration. We must take a long term view. Richard Rogers
I think you could make a completely Virtual Centre, though I have a general feeling, and maybe because I am getting very old, that you still need face to face. Richard Rogers
It is quite interesting that whilst there are tremendous theories, in the 1960s when IT was born, everybody was supposedly going to their cottage in the countryside to work in a virtual way. Richard Rogers
Richard Rogers quote: "The only way forward, if we are going to improve the quality..."
The only way forward, if we are going to improve the quality of the environment, is to get everybody involved. Richard Rogers
If you live in a squalid environment, then of course you are going to want to get out of it, you are probably going to want to get into the country, because that's what it does. Richard Rogers
Richard Rogers quote: "You know, the environment is fragmenting, and the environment..."
You know, the environment is fragmenting, and the environment is, in many places, absolutely hideous! Richard Rogers
If I remember rightly Holland for instance has something like 45, and it's a much smaller country. In comparison we have very few and they are very badly financed. Richard Rogers

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