Symbol and metaphor are as much a part of the architectural vocabulary as stone and steel.

Every generation tailors history to its taste.

It is the rare architect who does not hope in his heart to design a great building and for whom the quest is not a quiet, consuming passion.

All autonomous agencies and authorities, sooner or later, turn into self-perpetuating strongholds of conventional thought and practice.

Postmodernism is a freewheeling, unfettered, and unapologetic pursuit of style.

Beauty or beast, the modern skyscraper is a major force with a strong magnetic field. It draws into its physical being all of the factors that propel and characterize modern civilization. The skyscraper is the point where art and the city meet.

the search for the ultimate skyscraper goes on. ... At worst, overbuilding will make urban life unbearable. At best, we will go out in a blaze of style.