Robert Venturi
An American architect and theorist, he was a leading figure in the postmodern movement, known for his book 'Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture' and the phrase 'less is a bore'.
Quotes by Robert Venturi
We are for the difficult whole.
The architect must be a humble interpreter.
Architecture is a social art.
We are for the common and the conventional.
Architecture is a language.
The architect's role is to make the familiar strange and the strange familiar.
We are for the richness of ambiguity.
Architecture is a dialogue.
The architect must be a historian.
We are for the difficult unity.
Architecture is a communication system.
The architect's job is to make the ordinary beautiful.
We are for the ordinary and the ugly.
Architecture is a cultural artifact.
The architect must be a sociologist.
We are for the inclusive rather than the exclusive.
Architecture is a public art.
The architect's job is to make the complex clear.
We are for the difficult and the contradictory.
Architecture is a humanistic art.