We settled this continent without art. So it was easy for us to treat it as an imported luxury, not a necessity.

Vitality is radiated from exceptional art and architecture.

Architecture doesn't come from theory. You don't think your way through a building.

Bankers cannot afford to be concerned with only the economic aspects of projects. There may be serious implications on the natural environment, the urban environment, on human culture.

Ancient Rome was as confident of the immutability of its world and the continual expansion and improvement of the human lot as we are today.

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

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