What is the thread of western civilization that distinguished its course in history? It has to do with the preoccupation of western man with his outward command and his sense of superiority.

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...

Modernism released us from the constraints of everything that had gone before with a euphoric sense of freedom.

Tahiti has been spoiled for many years, but Bali is one of the few cultures with origins in one of the great ancient cultures which is still alive.

I plead for conservation of human culture, which is much more fragile than nature herself. We needn't destroy other cultures with the force of our own.

Vitality is radiated from exceptional art and architecture.

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