Richard Rogers Quotes & Sayings

“The only way forward, if we are going to improve the quality of the environment, is to get everybody involved.”

“Form follows profit is the aesthetic principle of our times.”

“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.”

“There is no one-size-fits-all solution to the challenges facing our cities or to the housing crisis, but the two issues need to be considered together. From an urban design and planning point of view, the well-connected open city is a powerful paradigm and an engine for integration and inclusivity.”

“The one advantage of being dyslexic is that you are never tempted to look back and idealise your childhood.”

“Watching TV on your own is not very inspiring. But meeting people is where you get new ideas and get things done.”

“I have a very big family, and that is my number one thing, and we go away for a month to see my cousins in Italy every year, but I need to work.”

“Architects are not clients. We can't build without something to built.”

“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.”

“I think greed is a critical problem - the gap between the poor and the rich. The gap between the top 10 percent and the bottom 10 percent.”