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.

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

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

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

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.

Our settlement of land is without regard to the best use of land.

No phenomenon can be isolated, but has repercussions through every aspect of our lives. We are learning that we are a fundamental part of nature's ecosystems.