This great, though disastrous, culture can only change as we begin to stand off and see... the inveterate materialism which has become the model for cultures around the world.

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

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

We settled this continent without art. So it was easy for us to treat it as an imported luxury, not a necessity.

Profit and bottom line, the contemporary mantra, eliminates the very source of architectural expression.

What is the thread of western civilization that distinguished its course in history? It has to do with the preoccupation of western man with his outward command and his sense of superiority.

We are guilty for sending teams into foreign countries to advise them how to be like us.