Alvar Aalto

True architecture does not consist in the use of certain forms, but in the harmony of the whole.

Life is too short for bad architecture.

We should work for simple, good, undecorated architecture.

The details are not the details; they make the design.

Architecture is the art of how to waste space.

Nothing is as dangerous in architecture as dealing with human beings.

I believe that in architecture, as in all art, the artist must start with what the people want and dream.

The future of architecture is the future of the people.

Organic architecture seeks friendly agreement between the innate character of the site and the architecture.

Doubts are more cruel than the worst of truths.

Architecture is a science arising out of many other sciences, improved by many other arts.

The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten.

In my opinion, everything, everything should start from the soil.

The only architect who never makes mistakes is the one who never builds.

Human life is a combination of function and form.

I don't know why, but I never have considered them [clients] my enemies.

Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space.

The older I get, the more I limit myself.

We should concentrate our work not only on the structure, but also on the soul of the building.

Standardization is the enemy of creativity in architecture.