Our incapacity to comprehend other cultures stems from our insistence on measuring things in our own terms.

Rationalism is the enemy of art, though necessary as a basis for architecture.

Illusion is needed to disguise the emptiness within.

Builders eventually took advantage of the look of modernism to build cheaply and carelessly.

Great buildings that move the spirit have always been rare. In every case they are unique, poetic, products of the heart.

No wonder the film industry started in the desert in California where, like all desert dwellers, they dream their buildings, rather than design them.

Western history has been a history of deed done, actions performed and results achieved.