Tahiti has been spoiled for many years, but Bali is one of the few cultures with origins in one of the great ancient cultures which is still alive.

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

With production alone as the goal, industry in North America was dominated by the assembly line, standardization for mass consumption.

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

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.

The way of architecture is the quiet voice that underlies it and has guided it from the beginning.

Nearly all of the advances in structural and aesthetic innovation is coming from abroad.