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

Part of our western outlook stems from the scientific attitude and its method of isolating the parts of a phenomenon in order to analyze them.

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

The heart, not the head, must be the guide.

Vitality is radiated from exceptional art and architecture.

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.

The artist likes to seem totally responsible for his work. Often he begins to explain it, to make it appear as if it were a reasonable process.