“The initial sketch is always an emotion, not a concept.” – Sambo Mockbee
“It’s not about your greatness as an architect, but your compassion” – Sambo Mockbee
“That is the reason you go to college, not to make more money, but to gain the knowledge to make this a better world.” – Sambo Mockee
“Architecture, more than any other art form, is a social art and must rest on the social and cultural base of its time and place.” – Sambo Mockbee
“The practice of architecture not only requires participation in the profession but it also requires civic engagement.” – Sambo Mockbee
“I want to be over the edge, environmentally, aesthetically, and technically.” – Sambo Mockbee
“…As an artist or an architect, I have the opportunity to address wrongs and try to correct them.” – Sambo Mockbee
“Architects are by nature and pursuit, leaders and teachers.” – Sambo Mockbee
“I tell my students, it’s got to be warm, dry, and noble.” – Sambo Mockbee
“If you’re going to do this you gotta pack your bags, kiss your wife goodbye, and go to war.” – Sambo Mockbee
“We must use the opportunity to survey our own backyards either to see what makes them special, individual and beautiful” – Sambo Mockbee
“For me, it’s the act of drawing that allows the hand to come into accord with the heart.” – Sambo Mockbee
“What is important is using one’s talent, intellect and energy in order to gain an appreciation and affection for people and place.” – Sambo Mockbee
“Everyone, rich or poor, deserves a shelter for the soul.” – Sambo Mockbee
“Theory and practice are not only intervowen with one’s culture but with the responsibility of shaping the environment, of breaking up social complacency, and challenging the power of the status quo.” – Sambo Mockbee
“Physical poverty is not an abstraction, but we almost never think of impoverishment as evidence of a world that exists. Much less do we imagine that it‘s a condition from which we may draw enlightenment in a very practical way.”
– Sambo Mockee
“Architecture has to be greater than just architecture. It has to address social values, as well as technical and aesthetic values.”
