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

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

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

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

After 1980, you never heard reference to space again. Surface, the most convincing evidence of the descent into materialism, became the focus of design. Space disappeared.

We have today a fairly thorough knowledge of the early Greco-Roman period because our motivations are the same.

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