It is the mystery of the creative act that something other than our conscious self takes over.

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

The details are the very source of expression in architecture. But we are caught in a vice between art and the bottom line.

Life is rich, always changing, always challenging, and we architects have the task of transmitting into wood, concrete, glass and steel, of transforming human aspirations into habitable and meaningful space.

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

Western history has been a history of deed done, actions performed and results achieved.

The innovative spirit was America's strongest attribute, transforming everything into a brave new world, but there lingered an insecurity about the arts.