There is no reason to regret that I cannot finish the church. I will grow old but others will come after me. What must always be conserved is the spirit of the work, but its life has to depend on the generations it is handed down to and with whom it lives and is incarnated

But man does not create...he discovers.

Originality consists of returning to the origin. Thus, originality means returning, through one's resources, to the simplicity of the early solutions.

Everything comes from the great book of nature.

Form does not necessarily follow function

Copiers do not collaborate.

The great book, always open and which we should make an effort to read, is that of Nature.