The Achilles Heel of the Americas was the lack of cultural confidence typical of new settlers.

The new architecture of transparency and lightness comes from Japan and Europe.

Only when inspired to go beyond consciousness by some extraordinary insight does beauty manifest unexpectedly.

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".

The delusion of entertainment is devoid of meaning. It may amuse us for a bit, but after the initial hit we are left with the dark feeling of desolation.

We can appreciate but not really understand the medieval town. We cannot comprehend its compactness, the contiguity of all its buildings as a single uninterrupted whole.

Life is rich, always changing, always challenging, and we architects have the task of transmitting into wood, concrete, glass and steel, of transforming human aspirations into habitable and meaningful space.