“I see architecture not as Gropius did, as a moral venture, as truth, but as invention, in the same way that poetry or music or painting is invention.”
– Michael Graves
“It was always my goal to ‘up the ante’ on good design and rye devoted much of my career to this.”
– Michael Graves
“I don’t believe in morality in architecture.”
– Michael Graves
“I have no requirements for a style of architecture.”
– Michael Graves
“I see architecture not as Gropius did, as a moral venture, as truth, but as invention, in the same way that poetry or music or painting is invention.”
– Michael Graves
“The dialogue of architecture has been centered too long around the idea of truth.”
– Michael Graves
“If I have a style, I am not aware of it.”
– Michael Graves
“In any architecture, there is an equity between the pragmatic function and the symbolic function.”
– Michael Graves