The obsession with performance left no room for the development of the intuitive or spiritual impact of space and form other than the aesthetic of the machine itself.

Part of our western outlook stems from the scientific attitude and its method of isolating the parts of a phenomenon in order to analyze them.

In those countries with centuries of a craft tradition behind their building methods, techniques are tightly coordinated under the direction of the architect.

Whenever we witness art in a building, we are aware of an energy contained by it.

We regard those other cultures such as that of India, where many people live and believe and behave much as they did 1000 or 2000 years ago - as "undeveloped".

We find Japan a little more difficult to understand because it has proven its 20th century prowess though the ancient traditions still persist.

Materialism has never been so ominous as now in North America, as management takes over.