Compared to industry in Europe or Japan, where industry was based on a craft tradition, we are sadly behind.

The innovative spirit was America's strongest attribute, transforming everything into a brave new world, but there lingered an insecurity about the arts.

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

No wonder the film industry started in the desert in California where, like all desert dwellers, they dream their buildings, rather than design them.

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

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.

You have to see a building to comprehend it. Photographs cannot convey the experience, nor film.