There is a single thread of attitude, a single direction of flow, that joins our present time to it's early burgeoning in Mediterranean civilization...

God's designs may be frequent justification for our actions, but it is we, the "self-made men", who take the credit.

Illusion is needed to disguise the emptiness within.

The obsession with performance left no room for the development of the intuitive or spiritual impact of space and form other than the aesthetic of the machine itself.

The Renaissance is studded by the names of the artists and architects, with their creations recorded as great historical events.

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

No amount of thought can ever reveal what comes unexpectedly.