Every great architect is - necessarily - a great poet. He must be a great original interpreter of his time, his day, his age.

Is there anything more anti-American than McCarthyism?

The present is the ever moving shadow that divides yesterday from tomorrow. In that lies hope.

Entering into the spirit of this interior, you will discover the best possible atmosphere in which to show fine paintings or listen to music. It is this atmosphere that seems to me most lacking in our art galleries, museums, music halls and theaters.

The baby boomers are out there, they've had a lot of good years of earnings, they've inherited wealth. They are buying trophy homes and will be for years. We are one of those places people dream of. They come here to buy a piece of that dream.

Dining is and always was a great artistic opportunity.

Each had his past shut in him like the leaves of a book known to him by heart; and his friends could only read the title. - Virginia Woolf, from Jacob's Room Television is chewing gum for the eyes.