Great buildings that move the spirit have always been rare. In every case they are unique, poetic, products of the heart.

Inspiration in Science may have to do with ideas, but not in Art. In art it is in the senses that are instinctively responsive to the medium of expression.

Our incapacity to comprehend other cultures stems from our insistence on measuring things in our own terms.

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

The obsession with performance left no room for the development of the intuitive or spiritual impact of space and form other than the aesthetic of the machine itself.

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

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