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

Roman civilization had achieved, within the bounds of its technology, relatively as great a mastery of time and space as we have achieved today.

The new architecture of transparency and lightness comes from Japan and Europe.

The artist likes to seem totally responsible for his work. Often he begins to explain it, to make it appear as if it were a reasonable process.

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.

We find Japan a little more difficult to understand because it has proven its 20th century prowess though the ancient traditions still persist.

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