Top 8 Quotes & Sayings by Robert A. M. Stern

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American architect Robert A. M. Stern.

Last updated on December 18, 2024.

Robert Arthur Morton Stern, usually credited as Robert A. M. Stern, is a New York City–based architect, educator, and author. He is the founding partner of the architecture firm, Robert A.M. Stern Architects, also known as RAMSA. From 1998 to 2016, he was the Dean of the Yale School of Architecture.

American - Architect | Born: May 23, 1939

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Our greatest responsibility is not to be pencils of the past.

Robert A. M. Stern

The dialogue between client and architect is about as intimate as any conversation you can have, because when you're talking about building a house, you're talking about dreams.

Robert A. M. Stern

That was the shocking part. Here we were in the midst of everything and this potentially giant story was being told and virtually noone was there.

Robert A. M. Stern

My cat speaks sign language with her tail.

Robert A. M. Stern

To be an architect is to possess an individual voice speaking a generally understood language of form.

Robert A. M. Stern

The American dream has always depended on the dialogue between the present and the past. In our architecture, as in all our other arts-indeed, as in our political and social culture as a whole-ours has been a struggle to formulate and sustain a usable past.

Robert A. M. Stern

Buildings should not look like Lady Gaga.

Robert A. M. Stern

Communities of tract houses, plopped on a grid, represent a way of throwing historical forms around like bouillabaisse.

Robert A. M. Stern