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

The essentially unchangeable established order of things, slowly disappeared and was forgotten for a while completely...

We are not peddlers of the fashionable. We believe that good design defies fashion, is truly innovative, eminently sensible, yet a source of inspiration to those who have the pleasure of living with it.

Rationalism is the enemy of art, though necessary as a basis for architecture.

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

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.

The way of architecture is the quiet voice that underlies it and has guided it from the beginning.