Modernism released us from the constraints of everything that had gone before with a euphoric sense of freedom.

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

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

We have today a fairly thorough knowledge of the early Greco-Roman period because our motivations are the same.

Nearly all of the advances in structural and aesthetic innovation is coming from abroad.

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 settled this continent without art. So it was easy for us to treat it as an imported luxury, not a necessity.