Harry Seidler

“Architecture is not an inspirational business, it's a rational procedure to do sensible and hopefully beautiful things; that's all.”

“Good design doesn't date.”

“Any work of architecture which does not express serenity is a mistake.”

“It's not the material, but the absence of the human touch that makes a place cold.”

“The sun is the great sculptor of buildings.”

“Light is the life of a building.”

“Function is the basis of architecture.”

“I've always been a modernist. It's not a style, it's an attitude.”

“Technology is a tool, not an end in itself. It is the means to achieve better, more humane environments.”

“I believe in the total work of art, a ‘Gesamtkunstwerk’.”

“A building should be a work of art, or at least aspire to be.”