A building has integrity, just as a man and just as seldom! It must be true to its own idea, have its own form, and serve its own purpose!

Since time immemorial and pre-industrial, 'greed' has been the accusation hurled at the rich by the concrete-bound illiterates who were unable to conceive of the source of wealth or of the motivation of those who produce it.

Man is the only living species that has the power to act as his own destroyer - and that is the way he has acted through most of his history.

It is my eyes which see, and the sight of my eyes grants beauty to the earth. It is my ears which hear, and the hearing of my ears gives its song to the world. It is my mind which thinks, and the judgement of my mind is the only searchlight that can find the truth. It is my will which chooses, and the choice of my will is the only edict I must respect.

Gold was an objective value, an equivalent of wealth produced. Paper is a mortgage on wealth that does not exist, backed by a gun aimed at those who are expected to produce it.

Only the man who extols the purity of love devoid of desire, is capable of the depravity of a desire devoid of love.

Civilization does not have to perish. The brutes are winning only by default.